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AIDS cases swamp health care system

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Namibian government's health care system can no longer cope with the number of people infected with HIV/AIDS, a report launched this week by the country's health minister Dr Libertina Amathila says.

    The report, compiled after an anthropological assessment of health risk behaviour in four northern Namibian towns, said: "The government and its health care system cannot afford nor handle the number of people sick with AIDS. Home-based care is important in this context because it is a way of sharing the burden with the community."

    According to 'The Namibian' the most recent statistics issued by the National AIDS Coordination Programme indicate that around 70,000 HIV cases have been reported in the country.

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