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South African Prisoners Dying of AIDS Up 328 Percent: Minister

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

September 21, 2001

A total of 1,101 South African prisoners died of HIV/AIDS in the first seven months of this year, an increase of 328 percent over the same period last year, Correctional Services Minister Ben Skosana said Tuesday. Personal and environmental hygiene within prisons is compromised by overcrowding, Skosana said, and a high turnover of prisoners awaiting trial made it difficult to provide effective screening and treatment programs. Skosana said prisons were about 60 percent overcrowded, with 168,497 inmates sharing facilities meant for 105,016.


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This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
 
 

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