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Discusses the AIDS prevention efforts in Zimbabwe. Criticism of the government's response to AIDS; Contribution of the Insiza Godlwayo AIDS Council to the fight against AIDS; Remarks from Alan Whiteside of the University of Natal.

The article reports that Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress Party, said that South Africa will maintain its long-standing diplomatic policy on Zimbabwe and will not impose sanctions on the country. Zuma, the probable next president of South Africa said he will keep the country's fiscally disciplined policies despite a weakening global economy and a growing credit crisis. He states that the South African-brokered power sharing deal by Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties if the only acceptable plan.

Discusses problems with drug procurement for AIDS victims and patients at the Mpilo Chest Hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, with international assistance from the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention and French group Doctors Without Borders.

Reports on the protests organized by the Movement for Democratic Change against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.