Activists disrupt WHO presentation
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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HIV/ AIDS
Activists disrupt WHO presentation
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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Putting faces to the epidemic
The "Positive Lives" exhibition features photos of HIV positive people from around the world in images which challenge the fear and prejudice that surround HIV.
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Mbeki under pressure from scientists
One of the world's top scientists, Professor David Ho, yesterday begged President Mbeki to not to let his legacy be defined by inactivity on the human catastrophe of HIV/AIDS.
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DURBAN - International agencies, national governments and the international drug companies had all failed the millions of people living with AIDS in developing countries in their quest for accessible treatment.
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Fight AIDS like we fought for the World Cup – Winnie
If South Africa had given HIV/AIDS the same attention as we did to hosting the Soccer World Cup, we could have saved millions of lives, ANC Women's League president Winnie Madikizela Mandela told some 3 000 people in Durban yesterday at an international march to demand cheaper HIV/AIDS drugs.
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Nkosi not yet ready to go to heaven
The red ribbon pinned to his windbreaker is the first thing you notice. Then the wide smile, the huge, deep-sunken eyes and his incredibly frail body. Nkosi Johnson (11), touted for many years by the media as one of the longest HIV survivor in the country, is ill.
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Journalists, ethics and HIV/AIDS
It is death rather than renaissance that draws the foreign press to Africa. But where are the ethics that protect HIV/AIDS sufferers from unscrupulous journalists?
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Committed to the cause of fighting HIV/AIDS
Bongani Khumalo responds well to causes. From the South African Council of Churches, the Red Cross, the South African National Men's Forum which he founded, "to inculcate responsible behaviour among men", to Deputy Chief Executive at Eskom where he was responsible for restructuring and transformation, Bongani Khumalo is a committed to causes.
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‘Cut-price’ anti-AIDS drugs may still cost more than generics
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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Attack on drug companies at hearings into AIDS
What was supposed to be hearings by parliament's health portfolio committee into finding solutions to South Africa's high number of HIV infections, turned into an attack on the pharmaceutical industry this week. But with good reason
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Fighting each other – but not AIDS
Sarafina, Virodene, unspent millions - in a country with one of the fastest growing AIDS epidemics in the world, it's sobering to say the least that these are the predominant associations one makes with the fight against AIDS in South Africa. The AIDS Review 2000, released by the Centre for the Study of AIDS at the University of Pretoria and written by Hein Marais, offers a fascinating overview of the South African response to HIV/AIDS since 1994.
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AIDS panel to complete work by June, says minister
"The South African government is not stupid... We will not say tomorrow that HIV does not cause AIDS," says the health minister, who says that the international panel on HIV/AIDS that she is putting together will help to find an African approach to the epidemic.
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President Thabo Mbeki has never said that HIV does not cause AIDS, but he is prepared to consult all players and question all theories including "the unwavering belief that HIV is the sole cause of AIDS -- in his quest to get to grips with the disease.So said presidential spokesperson Parks Mankahlana this week in response to the controversy caused by Mbeki's contact with a group of scientists who deny HIV causes or plays any role in AIDS.
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Courage to deliver? Government’s response to AIDS
The question is simple, the answer is not. How do you explain the fact that South Africa has one of the best AIDS plans in the world, but also the fastest growing epidemic?
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