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For the last five years a great deal of controversy has surrounded aspects of the South African government’s response to HIV and AIDS. In the keynote article that follows Mark Heywood attempts to document and explain South African President Thabo Mbeki’s association with ‘AIDS denialism’ and the response of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). He argues that ‘AIDS denialism’ was a shift away from the ANC’s own policy on HIV and that it has impacted adversely on the implementation of a national AIDS policy that on paper at least is one of the best in the world. (excerpt)
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