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1300 Mozambique teachers Die Yearly of AIDS

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 13/05/2008 - 15:12
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Mail & Guardian
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http://www.mg.co.za
Author: 
Charles Mangwiro
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 

More than one-sixth of Mozambique's 9 000 teachers are dying of HIV/Aids each year, lowering the quality of education and jeopardising future development, a government official told Reuters on Tuesday.Education and Culture Minister Aires Aly said in an interview that the pandemic had become a national emergency, eroding a critical human resource that is key to the poor Southern African nation's economic development. "We are losing 17% of our 9 000 teachers each year, which means we are talking of 1 360 workers lost to HIV/Aids, and the disease is spreading very fast at national level", he said.

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