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Govt AIDS awareness campaign paying dividends

    JOHANNESBURG

    The South African Ministry of Health is upbeat over results from its HIV/AIDS awareness campaign.

    Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said young people were heeding the government's call for abstinence and condom use as a means of HIV prevention.

    According to department figures, an estimated 60 percent of youth had chosen to abstain from sex while others considered condoms "fashionable".

    "We want to encourage [the youth] for actually accepting messages that we have been conveying," the South African Broadcasting Corporation quoted Tshabalala-Msimang a saying.

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