With effective drugs now increasingly available to combat aids, why do so many South Africans still choose to stay at home and die? Sizwe, a 29-year-old from the rural district of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, lives close to what was one of the country's most successful treatment programmes, administered by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a non-governmental organisation. Yet Sizwe refuses to have himself tested, in spite of losing his best friend to aids, having access to medication and watching those on treatment recover their health.
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