Unbelievably as the 14th International AIDS Conference is getting under way, South Africa’s government is still fighting for the right keep AIDS drugs out of the hands of pregnant women.
And Thabo Mbeki had the balls to show up in Canada last month begging the West for more development aid saying,
The common thread here is the renewed determination among political leaders and civil society to build a humane world of shared prosperity.
Yeah, unless you happen to be an HIV positive pregnant woman.
In fact, in Mbeki’s vision of South Africa, many AIDS deaths don’t happen. Mbeki worked hard, for example, to suppress a report that found AIDS was the leading cause of death in South Africa.
Politician, heal thyself.
Sources:
South Africa ‘must provide Aids drug’. The BBC, July 5, 2002.
Mbeki calls for Africa aid. The BBC, June 24, 2002.
Ministry attacks Mbeki Aids stance. Barnaby Phillips, The BBC, September 21, 2001.
Whatever a woman decides, the only right way is to seek a doctor?s opinion.