HEALTH
In South Africa, traditional healers join the fight against HIV. Stigma remains high in rural areas
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The walls of Shadrack Mashabane’s hut in the rural South African town of Bushbuckridge are covered with traditional fabrics, with a small window the only source of light. What stands out among the herbs and medicines in glass bottles is a white box containing an HIV testing kit…