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		ALLISON RUSSEL

1999
Beat It! 1999 Episode 5 - Special Report In this episode the Beat It! team looked at the state of public healthcare in South Africa and at how this impacted on both the positive community and the community at large. Beat It! 1999 Episode 6 - Special Report In the 6th episode of the 1999 series the Beat It! team looked at the hope and promise of antiretroviral medication. Justice Edwin Cameron spoke openly about how these drugs saved his life and how his viral load became undetectable. Beat It! 1999 Episode 7 - Special Report In this episode the Beat It! team looked at what was withholding government from making antiretroviral treatment readily available to the HIV positive South Africans that could not afford to buy this life saving medication themselves. Beat It! 1999 Episode 8 - Special Report In this episode the Beat It! team looked at the state of HIV/AIDS advocacy in South Africa.

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Allison on healthcare 1

1999 - Ep. 5 - Treating opportunistic infections early can slow the progression from HIV to full-blown AIDS. The insert however showed that despite treatment for OIs being available HIV positive people were/are often turned away from clinics without treatment.