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HIV infects 1 in 10 South Africans. Hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved when the treatment for HIV in pregnant women and babies are expanded. A former treatment other than vaccines that were used to keep patients with AIDS alive were beet and garlic treatments which led to over 30,000 premature deaths. President Jacob Zuma has now mentioned that a shower could prevent AIDS. The World Health Organization issued new guidelines stating that HIV-infected pregnant women should be given drugs earlier than they are now, and while they’re breast-feeding. By treating all HIV-infected babies, the survival rates of young citizens in South Africa should improve. 50 million people live in South Africa, and around 5.7 million people are infected with HIV, which is more than any other country. Treatment is included is for all children under the age of 1, patients will get treatment if they have tuberculosis and HIV with a CD4 count of 350 or less, and women who are HIV-positive. Though the new treatment plan might not be free like it is now; but the United States is giving South Africa $120 million dollars with the additional $560 million already promised by the U.S. for fighting AIDS in 2010.  **Yahoo News:**[]  Both articles were exactly the same in context; both articles were written by Donna Bryson who is an Associated Press writer. Though in the Yahoo News article there was a small picture of a man who was walking outside an office building on Worlds AIDS Day, while the Seattle Times article had no picture. I think that it’s a really good thing that they are finally getting this new HIV treatment for pregnant women and babies. But what about the non-pregnant women and the men who are affected with HIV? Are they going to be involved later on in this new treatment plan, or are pregnant women and children who are HIV-positive the ones that are top priority at the moment? Where did they even get the idea for the beet and garlic treatments? Was there a scientific reasoning behind it? Because the idea for using beets and garlic as a treatment for HIV sounds really stupid. And the fact that the United States are donating so much to help fight AIDS in South Africa in 2010 is a really good thing because a lot of people are going to be benefitting from the new treatment plan.
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