HEALTH: The politics of AIDS in South Africa*

John Whitehall is an Australian paediatrician who worked in a mission hospital in South Africa some years ago, and returned for two months as visiting professor in child health in one of its universities in order to observe the impact of the AIDS epidemic.In a welcome but surprising reversal of official policy, the Health Minister of South Africa, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, recently announced “Cabinet noted that (antiretroviral drugs) could help improve the conditions of people living with AID…

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