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South African Government Loses Again on Perinatal Issue

South African Court Again Tells Government to Increase Access to AIDS Drug [A Baleta. Lancet 2002;359:1132]:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11837037&dopt=Abstract The announcement was made on March 25, 2002 that the Pretoria High Court has ordered the South African government to provide nevirapine to pregnant women with HIV infection in all state hospitals pending an appeal which is to be heard in Constitutional Court on May 2-3, 2002.

Key words: pregnancy, Africa


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