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Brett Anderson never thought he had contracted HIV. “I was as sick as a dog but I never thought of HIV despite having all the symptoms. It never crossed my mind. It simply wasn’t real to me. Now, it’s in my blood. It’s part of my life,” says the 28-year-old Capetonian.
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DURBAN – If access to HIV treatment does not exist, should government’s promote voluntary testing and counselling among its citizens? This was one of the issues debated at the AIDS 2000 conference this week.
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The French wing of the international AIDS activist group, Act UP, disrupted conference proceedings during a presentation by the director of WHO.
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A partnership between professors from Oxford University and Nairobi University has produced Africa’s first AIDS vaccine, which is set to begin human trials in August.
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It’s like putting a man on the moon. They believed and knew they could do it. We believe and there is a firm scientific conviction that a vaccine against AIDS will be developed.” Dr Walter Prozesky, the driving force behind South Africa’s effort to find an AIDS vaccine, speaks this with “firm conviction”.
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If there were such a title, thirty-something Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim would be South Africa’s “first couple” of HIV/AIDS research.
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Professor Hoosen “Jerry” Coovadia used to be a draw-card speaker at anti-apartheid rallies. Yet today he finds himself at odds with the very democratic government he fought so hard to install over its HIV/AIDS policy.
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President Thabo Mbeki’s controversial AIDS review panel meets tomorrow (Mon 3 July) for a second and final time, but insiders describe the body as having been a waste of time and money.Government has said that the panel — which brought together 33 international experts including “dissidents” who do not believe that HIV causes AIDS ‘ will cost it R2-million of taxpayers’ money.
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There are five key reasons why the HIV/AIDS epidemic is so rampant in South Africa, according to co-convenor of the 13th World AIDS Conference, Jerry Coovadia.
Dr Marcus Mumakwe’s wedding is giving the superintendent of Jane Furse Hospital a headache. Mumakwe wants two weeks’ leave but as he is one of only four doctors at a hospital that should have 13, this is a difficult request.
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The fresh offer from five major pharmaceutical companies to reduce the price of anti-AIDS drugs still does not answer the vexed question of what is their best possible discounted price.
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The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in Pretoria has taken the workers’ compensation commissioner to court twice in the last year – and won. The commissioner was found guilty of unreasonable delay and received a penalty in the form of interest payments. The LRC is now considering taking the commissioner to court again, this time concerning delays in the objection process whereby rejected claims can be disputed.