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		1 December 2009
		The 2009 World AIDS Day events in South Africa showed government committing to treating HIV/AIDS and preventing further infections. Civil society organisations applauded President Jacob Zuma's commitment to start ARV treatment for all HIV positive people with TB when their CD4 count dropped under 350, treat all pregnant HIV positive women with a CD4 count of 350 or lower and to start all pregnant women on PMTCT by 14 weeks.

~01-12-2009

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Mark Heywood

Mark Heywood, chair of the South African National AIDS Council, speaks at the 2009 World AIDS Day event in South Africa. He states that civil society is ready to follow Jacob Zuma's leadership on HIV/AIDS.