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Mbeki plays down AIDS and orders a rethink on spending
South African president Thabo Mbeki has once again alarmed doctors and health professionals with a letter he wrote to his health minister last...
British Medical Journal, 09/22/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
AIDS campaigners to take South Africa's health ministry to court
About 100 paediatricians in the Treatment Action Campaign, which campaigns for access to treatment for HIV and AIDS, are to take legal action...
British Medical Journal, 08/11/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
United Nations agrees timetable for combating AIDS
The United Nations has voted to take action aimed at stemming the tide of HIV/AIDS and dealing with those who are affected by the pandemic. The...
British Medical Journal, 07/07/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
South Africa will not pay for antiretroviral therapy
South Africa's health minister has dashed any remaining hopes that her government will provide antiretroviral treatment for the estimated five...
British Medical Journal, 06/16/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
Audit team finds further faults with doctor's results
Disgraced South African scientist and practising oncologist Werner Bezwoda faces an uncertain future after a scientific audit team found further...
British Medical Journal, 05/12/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
Drug companies withdraw law suit against South Africa
AIDS activists are now looking to the South African government to provide access to cheaper drug treatment for HIV infection and AIDS after 39...
British Medical Journal, 04/28/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
1 in 4 pregnant women in South Africa has HIV
The South African government has released its annual figures on HIV and AIDS, which show a continued increase in the numbers of people contracting...
British Medical Journal, 03/31/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
South African court battle damages drug industry's image
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association and 39 of its members have lost one crucial battle inside Pretoria's High Court and a larger one...
British Medical Journal, 03/17/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
Drug companies sue South African government over generics
More than 40 pharmaceutical companies, many of them the world's largest and most powerful companies, will be taking the South African government to...
British Medical Journal, 02/24/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication -
Cholera sweeps through South African province
Close to 14000 people have contracted cholera and more than 50 have died in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. The epidemic is spreading...
British Medical Journal, 01/13/01 by Pat Sidley · More from publication
