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Sunday Times (Johannesburg) - May 20, 2007
Bobby Jordan
The move is seen as a major boost to the new national Aids treatment plan that has accelerated the roll-out of antiretroviral drugs to Aids patients.
Sanac, which was relaunched last month under the chairmanship of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Nqcuka, is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the national Aids policy.
The new council is more inclusive than the old one, which was dominated by government . It represents a wider spectrum of opinion and has committed itself to increasing levels of care to 80% of HIV/Aids sufferers and their families by 2011.
Heywood was elected last Friday at a formal sitting of all Sanac's civil society representatives.
Aids activist Zackie Achmat said: "This shows a unity and a trust between government and civil society that wasn't there before. It also means a lot more will get done."
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