Instead of the Aids denialism of decades past, it’s US funding cuts that could lead to up to 300 000 more HIV infections in the next four years. Activists like Sisonke Msimang say the past has answers for the present fight
In the race for a safe and effective vaccine, human rights and honesty should be prioritised above profits, say activists
Two donors have suspended funding pending further investigation
The investment world would have been up in arms by now if South African Airways were a private company, writes Fatima Hassan.
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/ 30 November 2011
<b>Fatima Hassan</b> writes about her disappointment in the head of the ad hoc committee for the Protection of State Information Bill.
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/ 25 February 2011
Cape Town officials accused of downplaying a ‘growing’ crisis in poor areas.
<b>Zackie Achmat</b> and <b>Fatima Hassan</b> pays tribute to Barbara Hogan, as she retires from government.
In 2003 the South African Cabinet approved the use of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in the public sector and in early 2004 the programme started. Now in its fifth year, government often claims that it is the "largest treatment programme in the world".
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/ 18 September 2006
Recently, the minister of health, officials in the department of health and in the Government Communication and Information System, President Thabo Mbeki and Medical Research Council head Anthony Mbewu stated that South Africa has the "largest treatment programme in the world" and the "fastest roll-out on the planet". This is simply not the case.
In November 2003 the Cabinet approved a national plan for HIV/ Aids prevention, care and treatment. The plan estimated that 53 000 people would be placed on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment by the end of March this year. Eight months on, fewer than 10 000 people with HIV/Aids are receiving anti-retrovirals through the public health system.