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The beginnings of a coordinated public policy response to HIV and AIDS date back to 1992 with the formation of the National AIDS Coordinating Committee of South Africa (NACOSA). Progress in implementing the NACOSA plan was assessed in 1997 by the South African National STI and HIV and AIDS Review. This review identified major strengths in the response to date but also highlighted areas for substantial strengthening and improvement. Building on this review and on an extensive consultation process government launched its five-year Strategic Plan for HIV and AIDS in 2000. This plan provided the framework within which interventions geared towards initiating and executing a comprehensive response to the epidemic are undertaken. The strategic framework identified four key areas of intervention namely: (1) prevention; (2) treatment care and support; (3) research monitoring and surveillance; and (4) legal and human rights. (excerpt)

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