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		RACHEL PELO

1999
Beat It! 1999 Episode 4 - Special Report In this episode of Beat It! the team interviewed a whole spectrum of people with experiences around the prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission and with their help debunked the argument that the roll-out of PMTCT will be economically impractical. The episode actually arrived at the exact opposite conclusion: by not rolling-out PMTCT AIDS sick babies will place bigger strain on the healthcare system. 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.
2000
Beat It! 2000 Episode 10 - Profile Rachel Pelo was diagnosed HIV positive in an antenatal clinic at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg. At the time the hospital had just been set up as a prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission pilot site. Pelo opted to take the HIV test because her unborn baby stood to benefit.