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2006, 09:15 GMT 10:15 UK Fruit and drugs on SA HIV display
Exhibition stand The government says it wants to highlight
nutrition as well as drugs    In 2004 the government began
providing Aids drugs but activists still question its commitment
to fighting HIV.  The exhibition represents "South Africa's
response to Aids - the most comprehensive in the world," an
official at the stand told the BBC's Lee Carter.  "The theme is
talking about issues around nutrition, and also prophylaxis and
treatment," he added.  But the approach attracted controversy,
particularly since the bottles of anti-retroviral drugs were
only added to the stand some time after the fruit and vegetables
went on display.   One doctor from the paediatric Aids unit at
Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto challenged the organisers of the
exhibit to provide scientific evidence that any of the
foodstuffs on display were clinically eff