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A national HIV/STD prevention program focused on traditional healers was started in South Africa in late 1992. An initial group of 28 healers (the first generation ) was trained in HIV/AIDS and STD prevention. These 28 in turn trained a total of 630 additional healers (the second generation ) in formal, week-long workshops within seven months of the first workshop (this figure grew to 1510...