Mortal combat : AIDS denialism and the struggle for antiretrovirals in South Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nattrass, Nicoli.
Imprint:	Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.
Description:	xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Prevention. AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects -- South Africa. AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy -- South Africa. HIV infections -- Treatment -- Government policy -- South Africa. HIV infections -- Treatment -- Political aspects -- South Africa. Antiretroviral agents -- South Africa. HIV Infections -- prevention & control -- South Africa. Anti-Retroviral Agents -- therapeutic use -- South Africa. Government Regulation -- South Africa. HIV Infections -- drug therapy -- South Africa. Health Policy -- South Africa. Public Opinion -- South Africa. AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy. AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects. AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention. Antiretroviral agents. South Africa.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6612056

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ISBN:	9781869141325 (pbk.) 1869141326 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-251) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Zackie Achmat
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Ideas Matter
Origins
Key themes
Chapter 2. AIDS Science and the Problem of AIDS Denialism
The science of HIV and ARV treatment
AIDS denialism
The Mbeki connection
Chapter 3. AIDS Policy prior to the Mbeki Presidency
AIDS policy during the transition to democracy
AIDS policy during the Mandela presidency
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
Mbeki's early contacts with AIDS denialists
Ambiguities of AIDS policy during the Mandela presidency
Chapter 4. Mbeki's Questioning of AIDS Science
Opposing AIDS science
Growing opposition to Mbeki's stance
Governance and AIDS: TAC takes on the pharmaceutical companies
Some reflections on Mbeki's stance on AIDS
Chapter 5. The Fight for Antiretrovirals: 2001-2003
Cause-of-death statistics
Legal action over MTCTP
Growing political resistance to Mbeki and the Health Minister
TAC continues the struggle for lower drug prices
Civil disobedience
The cabinet revolt
When ARVs are rejected, what then?
Chapter 6. Rolling out HAART: 2004-2006
HAART coverage in South Africa
The rollout of HAART in the public sector
Budgeting for the public-sector rollout
Have there been `sufficient' public-sector resources for the rollout?
Achievements and missed opportunities during the Mbeki presidency: Costs and benefits paid in human lives
Continuing pressure
Chapter 7. Treatment Anarchy
The confusing discourse of `choice'
Support for purveyors of scientifically untested alternatives to ARVs
Undermining the scientific regulation of medicine
Of culture and neutrality
TAC treatment literacy
Chapter 8. The Last Front: Defending the Scientific Regulation of Medicine
The political context: Challenges to Mbeki's authority
The Madlala-Routledge factor
Mobilising international opinion
Where to now?
Appendix 1. AIDS Policy Timeline
Appendix 2. Letter to Mbeki from HIV Scientists
Notes
References
Index

Mortal combat : AIDS denialism and the struggle for antiretrovirals in South Africa /

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