Which of the Following Statements About HIV/AIDS in South Africa

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about HIV/AIDS in South Africa is NOT true?

• A) Over 10 percent of the South African population is HIV-positive.
• B) Over 4 million South Africans have already died of HIV/AIDS.
• C) One of the first acts of the Mandela government was to initiate a public awareness campaign to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS and how to prevent its spread.
• D) Government efforts to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic were severely hindered during the Mbeki government chiefly because the president adopted the position that there was no link between HIV and AIDS.
• E) In 2002, the Constitutional Court ruled that the government had to provide antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS patients, thus overruling a government policy to stop such treatment.

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