Stigma and AIDS, for Africa’s women

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Annie Lennox and the surviving members of Queen are among the names on the all-star lineup. It’s a concert this Saturday in South Africa. Sponsored by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The object is to raise money for the many women struggling with AIDS. On the African continent, women suffer the brunt of the pandemic. But getting women to ask for treatment is difficult. Stigma is still a huge issue. From Botswana, Gretchen Wilson reports on how they’ve turned a challenge…into a competition

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All reporting by Gretchen L. Wilson, © 2005

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