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South Africa Press Association - June 2, 2004
Spokesperson for the plan, Thami Skenjana, said on Wednesday that the 49-page booklet contained detailed information on how HIV/Aids was transmitted and how it could be prevented.
It also explained how a person could know his or her HIV status and what antiretroviral treatment was.
The booklet had been printed in all officials languages, she said in a statement.
"Our foremost priority is to mobilise all South Africans to know our HIV status by going for voluntary counselling and testing. This enables us to manage our health - whether or not we are infected with HIV," she said.
Skenjana said prevention messages remained the foundation of the government's HIV/Aids communications, because the overwhelming majority of South Africans were not infected with HIV.
The booklets would be distributed door-to-door throughout the country.
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