South Africa To Expand AIDS Testing

South African President Jacob Zuma announced that his nation will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing throughout the country. President Zuma made his remarks in a speech observing World AIDS Day. South Africa has more people living with HIV or AIDS than any other country in the world. President Zuma's remarks were viewed as a turning point for a nation struggling to overcome a distrust of drugs developed by pharmaceutical companies particularly those provided by the United States, to keep AIDS patients alive. South Africa has encouraged and promoted more holistic,traditional remedies/solutions for the treatment of AIDS which has long been held as national policy. In his remarks President Zuma said "At another moment in our history, in another context, the liberation movement observed that the time comes in the life of any nation when there remain two choices: submit or fight, the time has now come in our struggle to overcome AIDS".