CAPE TOWN - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe took a massive stride last night (19 May) towards re-establishing the South African government'€™s credibility in the eyes of the world'€™s AIDS scientists at the opening of the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009).

In my younger days, decades upon decades ago, we were consumed by the threat of nuclear annihilation. The forces of darkness, East and West, seemed in the ascendance. The Doomsday clock inched its way to midnight.

CAPE TOWN - While universal access to antiretroviral treatment remains a dream for millions of poor people living with HIV, scientists speaking at the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009) are discussing the benefits of these drugs as an effective prevention intervention.