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HIV infected prisoners' suffering
Source: Cape Argus
by Khopotso Bodibe It was September 2005. South African Aids activists were busy focusing on countering rampant Aids denialism and trying to get government to speed up access to antiretroviral medication for millions of HIV-positive citizens. At Durban's Westville Prison, another sad chapter in South…
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Hogan appoints TAC activist as AIDS adviser
Source: Business Day (South Africa)
Original Source by Tamar KahnScience and Health Editor CAPE TOWN — In a clear break with the traditions of her predecessor, Health Minister Barbara Hogan has employed prominent AIDS activist Fatima Hassan as an adviser. Unlike Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who had a frosty relationship with SA’s…
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Speaking Truth to Power: The Story of the AIDS Law Project
Source: Didi Moyle
Today South Africa has laws that protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and the largest treatment programme in the world. This would not have happened without the dedicated activism of a small legal NGO in Johannesburg, the AIDS Law Project (ALP).For more than…
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Clean Bills of health?
Source: Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
by Anso Thom TWO Bills recently tabled in parliament are set to shake up the private hospital industry and centralise decision-making over hospital tariffs as well as the regulation of new medicines and scientific trials within the health minister's office. The National Health Amendment Bill…
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