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Fatima Hassan: lawyer, healthcare activist, fights Covid-19

A soldier in the war on HIV/Aids now battles Covid-19

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Fatima Hassan is a lawyer who fought for the rights of South Africans during the HIV/Aids pandemic. Now, she’s preparing to fight another pandemic: Covid-19.

Nelisiwe Msomi
August 20, 2020

First doctor to prescribe ARVs forced to leave SA

Health Systems

A seven-year battle with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has left legendary French HIV expert Dr Francoise Louis with no choice but to leave the country.

Amy Green
June 27, 2018

The highs and lows of the AIDS 2000 conference

Health

Now that the delegates have left town, the exhibition halls emptied and the media centre silent, what impact has the 13th International AIDS conference had on efforts to prevent and treat the disease in our country? Sue Valentine reports

healthe
August 21, 2000

Durban 2000 where to now?

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Nelson Mandela has joined the powerful chorus of voices appealing to government to approve "large-scale actions for PMTC" at the close of the international AIDS conference in Durban.

kerrycullinan
July 17, 2000

Mbeki under pressure from scientists

Health

One of the world's top scientists, Professor David Ho, yesterday begged President Mbeki to not to let his legacy be defined by inactivity on the human catastrophe of HIV/AIDS.

kerrycullinan
July 12, 2000

Mbeki sites poverty and not AIDS as biggest killer

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Extreme poverty and not HIV/AIDS is the world's biggest killer and the greatest cause of ill-health and suffering, President Thabo Mbeki told some 12 000 delegates at the opening of the13th world AIDS conference in Durban.