Number of South African AIDS Orphans Projected to Increase to Two Million by 2010
The number of AIDS orphans in South Africa will increase 13-fold to more than two million by 2010, according to the South African Finance Ministry, the New York Times reports. Ministry officials said that the government must increase health spending and train more nurses and teachers in response to the agency's projection (Swarns, New York Times, 10/12).
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