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AIDS takes centre stage during elections

    JOHANNESBURG

    People living with HIV/AIDS are high on the agenda as Malawi goes to the polls on Thursday.

    According to a UK newspaper, The Guardian, political parties have swept away a decade of silence and embarrassment to compete for the votes of people affected by the disease.

    AIDS activists welcomed the politicians joining the fight against the pandemic that has infected 1 million of Malawi's 11 million population, and which kills 85,000 people in the country every year.

    The head of the relief agency, Care International in Malawi, Nick Osborne, said: "You only have to go around town to see the billboards about HIV/AIDS - there has been a lot of political support."

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