Abbreviated timeline of South Africa's response to HIV
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SA HIV Timeline Socio-political context for the prolonged delay in initiating a phased ART rollout in a country where 18% of the people are estimated to be HIV+ and the proportion of new infections ~16%, based on 2013 estimates (UNAIDS) 1984-1986 1987-1988 1989-1991 1992-1993 1995 1996-1997 1998 1999 Chris Hani, (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993) , was a chief of staff of the ANC’s armed wing; *among South African adults Sources : Wikipedia; UNAIDS GAP report. 2014; Nackerdien Z: The Heroine Next Door (& references therein). 2015; van der Vliet V. AIDS: Losing "The New Struggle"? Daedalus. 2001;130(1):151-84. 2000 2001-2015 • 300 children killed; 1,000 wounded; 11,000 detained; 18,000 arrested • Country “ungovernable” We don’t need no education • R1 million • Sechaba, an ANC publication, questions African origin of virus • Some US academics refute the notion that HIV causes AIDS Paltry budget & mistrust • HIV prevalence* ~ 1.74% • “…we cannot afford to allow the AIDS epidemic to ruin the realization of our dreams” Hani’s speech & aftermath • Comprehensive draft of national AIDS strategy • Hani assassination • AIDS =“Afrikaner Intervention to Deprive us of Sex” Plans & bias • Sarafina II, a government- sponsored AIDS musical, fails • Cost ~ R14.2 million Campaign fails • AIDS plan falters • An industrial solvent, Virodene PO58, touted as anti-HIV drug Pseudo-science • “Ten minutes to save the Nation” speech ineffective • AIDS crisis summit • AZT use discontinued Talk & AZT • HIV prevalence*~22.4% • Western Cape province treats patients with AZT ↑HIV & ignoring AZT ban • Criticism of AIDS denialism gains momentum in SA • Mbeki withdraws from the public debate on HIV & AIDS Turning the tide • Law upheld for generic ART production in SA • R5 billion spent in 2012 on HIV mgmt. • Epidemic stabilized thanks to phased ART rollout Moving forward : $
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SA HIV TimelineSocio-political context for the prolonged delay in initiating a phased ART rollout in a country where 18% of the people are estimated to be HIV+ and the proportion of new infections ~16%, based on 2013 estimates (UNAIDS)
1984-1986
1987-1988
1989-1991
1992-1993
1995
1996-1997
1998
1999
Chris Hani, (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993) , was a chief of staff of the ANC’s armed wing; *among South African adultsSources: Wikipedia; UNAIDS GAP report. 2014; Nackerdien Z: The Heroine Next Door (& references therein). 2015; van der Vliet V. AIDS: Losing "The New Struggle"? Daedalus. 2001;130(1):151-84.
2000
2001-2015
• 300 children killed; 1,000 wounded; 11,000 detained; 18,000 arrested
• Country “ungovernable”
We don’t need no education
• R1 million• Sechaba, an ANC
publication, questions African origin of virus
• Some US academics refute the notion that HIV causes AIDS
Paltry budget & mistrust
• HIV prevalence* ~ 1.74%
• “…we cannot afford to allow the AIDS epidemic to ruin the realization of our dreams”
Hani’s speech & aftermath
• Comprehensive draft of national AIDS strategy
• Hani assassination• AIDS =“Afrikaner
Intervention to Deprive us of Sex”
Plans & bias
• Sarafina II, a government-sponsored AIDS musical, fails
• Cost ~ R14.2 million
Campaign fails
• AIDS plan falters• An industrial
solvent, Virodene PO58, touted as anti-HIV drug
Pseudo-science
• “Ten minutes to save the Nation” speech ineffective
• AIDS crisis summit• AZT use
discontinued
Talk & AZT
• HIV prevalence*~22.4%
• Western Cape province treats patients with AZT
↑HIV & ignoring AZT ban
• Criticism of AIDS denialism gains momentum in SA
• Mbeki withdraws from the public debate on HIV & AIDS
Turning the tide
• Law upheld for generic ART production in SA
• R5 billion spent in 2012 on HIV mgmt.
• Epidemic stabilized thanks to phased ART rollout
Moving forward
:
$
