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HIV / AIDS
 | What is government's approach to HIV and AIDS?
Government is implementing a comprehensive plan to deal with HIV and AIDS, which combines prevention, to ensure that those who are not infected remain so, with treatment, care and support for those infected or affected.
It is based on a five-year strategic plan adopted in 2000 which has unfolded into what is probably the largest programme in the world, sustained by a budget which has expanded and is set to grow still further in order to sustain it. Essential to the programme is the strengthening of the national health system. |  | What place does prevention have in South Africa 's HIV and AIDS programme?
South Africa’s approach emphasises the centrality of prevention, so that those not infected remain so; and the importance of strengthening the national health system to provide a complete continuum of care and other interventions that would mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS and other diseases. |
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