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Strategies & Market Trends : Africa and its Issues- Why Have We Ignored Africa?

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To: Dale Baker who wrote (724)	2/17/2007 6:34:44 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) of 1267

Dale > South African President Reassures Nation on Crime Fight. Like he reassured the nation about HIV/AIDS news24.com >>Nurses' HIV rate causing alarm 81 000 new HIV cases in E Cape Cape Town - About one in 10 health workers at two Gauteng hospitals tested positive for HIV, according to a study in the latest issue of the South African Medical Journal. The study reports the results of a survey carried out in 2005 of 1 493 professional and support staff at the Coronation and Helen Joseph hospitals, both in Johannesburg. The survey, by teams from the hospitals and the Boston University School of Public Health, found an overall HIV prevalence of 11.5%. The level of prevalence was highest among student nurses (13.8%) and nurses (13.7%). The level among students was the "most concerning" of the study's findings. "Nursing students are already in short supply in South Africa and are urgently needed to fill vacant posts," said the researchers.<<

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