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Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) - March 2, 2005
Soaring costs: Namibia is feeling the pinch of providing treatment to civil servants living with HIV/Aids. Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the annual cost of the Public Service Employees' Medical Aid Scheme had risen by more than US$21-million over the past year, owing to the high number of members needing anti-Aids drugs. In a recent speech to the National Assembly, the minister called for approval of more than $11-million to help keep the medical scheme afloat.
Wife alert: Although education campaigns and condom use have brought down prevalence among other high-risk groups, the number of new HIV cases among married women in Cambodia is increasing. According to the radio programme The World, Cambodia has the highest number of HIV-positive adults in South-East Asia, given the size of its population. According to UNAids, married women now account for almost half of all new HIV infections.
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