Research shows that South Africa deserves its poor reputation for tackling AIDS

doi:10.1136/bmj.a1795

Published 22 September 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a1795
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a1795

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Research shows that South Africa deserves its poor reputation for tackling AIDS

Roger Dobson

¹ Abergavenny

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South Africa’s reputation for poor leadership in the fightagainst AIDS is deserved, say authors of research (Journal ofPublic Health 2008 Sep 12, doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn075).

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HAART coverage (December 2006) and per capita income (2005)

The researchers, who compared access to AIDS drugs with needin more than 80 nations, found that South Africa performed significantlybelow expectations.

Brazil and Namibia were among several countries that performedbetter than expected.

The report says that despite an unprecedented mobilisation ofresources worldwide since 2003, the AIDS epidemic continuesto outstrip attempts to rein it in, with the number of peopleliving with HIV in the world estimated at 33.2 million.

"Part of the problem is that as foreign assistance flows intoAIDS affected countries, inadequacies at the national levelhave become apparent," it says.

Several countries have reputations for good or bad leadership,but the report says that these . . . [Full text of this article]

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