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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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    "content": "it was at the time. Because of the slow progress of the disease itself--- When the first diagnosis was made, a large number of people in this country were already affected. Because of its multi-sectoral nature, all aspects of the society were affected. In terms of human resource, we lost many qualified people like teachers, doctors, nurses and others. It had a marked effect on the agricultural sector. It had a marked effect in all areas. The national response at the time was to recognize the multi-sectoral nature of the epidemic. It was also feared that HIV/AIDS was a contagious disease that would move directly from one person to another, but we now know better. There were numerous stakeholders who got involved because many sectors were affected. The mode of transmission was not clearly known and it was necessary, therefore, to get a national response. That is how we ended up with the National Aids Control Council (NACC). At the time, it was housed in the Office of the President, but it later on moved to the Ministry of Special programmes."
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