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UNDP proposes university AIDS curriculum

    JOHANNESBURG

    The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday said Africa could benefit from a university curriculum that covered the societal implications of HIV/AIDS.

    The proposal follows a recent four-day workshop in South Africa attended by 21 African Vice Chancellors and university heads.

    Roland Msiska, the UNDP project director for South Africa, said it was time for university HIV/AIDS programmes to go beyond simply tackling the awareness issue.

    "The pandemic demands that future policy makers leave university with a good knowledge of the overall impact of HIV/AIDS," Msiska told the UN news service PlusNews.

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