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In the past, HIV-positive people weren’t allowed to donate their organs. But that could change. (Luis Robayo, AFP)
HIV
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What you need to know about SA’s historic liver transplant from an HIV-positive donor

How could a baby get an organ from a person living with HIV and not automatically contract the virus? The experts weigh in.

  • Bhekisisa Team Author
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South African surgeons have successfully transplanted a liver from an HIV-positive mother to her HIV-negative child. (Reuters)
AARON MOTSOALEDI
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South Africa makes history: an HIV-positive mom donates her liver

This mother asked doctors to allow her to save her child. Read how she did it.

  • Joan Van Dyk
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Luxury: South Africa’s two-tier healthcare system offers selective protection to those who can afford medical aid contributions, co-payments and out-of-pocket expenses. (Photo Archive)
HIV
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WATCH: SA conducts first ever transplant from HIV-positive mom to HIV-negative child

Watch live as the University of the Witwatersrand announces this groundbreaking liver transplant.

  • Bhekisisa Team Author
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GEORGE BIZOS

Bizos in stable condition in hospital

Prominent human rights lawyer George Bizos (79) is in a stable condition at the Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre, the facility said on Friday. Client services manager…

  • Staff Reporter
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