By Laurie Goering QUDENI, South Africa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When HIV-positive patients first came to seek treatment at the rural Uthungulu district health clinic in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province in 1998, their records were kept in brown folders, the colour designated for the disease. In a country where the stigma of carrying the virus that causes AIDS runs high and many people keep their status a secret, that folder - held by a nurse calling out a patient in a crowded waiting room – was a major disincentive to seeking help. "People used to struggle to go to Nqutu instead," a larger community 50 km (31 miles) away where they were less likely to be...
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