Treatment Action Campaign

TAC calls for a global day of action on Thursday 24 August 2006 End 1000 new HIV infections and 800 deaths daily in South Africa Build a global united front for HIV prevention and treatment

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• Long waiting list for antiretroviral treatment at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Durban

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• 15 June 2006: Report on TAC youth march for prevention in Eastern Cape

An edited version of this article appeared in the Argus on 29 June 2006 under the heading: ARV ruling for prison spotlights access to health for all

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• Massive youth march for HIV prevention in the Eastern Cape today

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 Jonathan Berger is a researcher in and head of the Aids Law Project's Law and Treatment Access Unit

Sibani, thanks for your insightful analysis of the TAC.

Jonathan Berger is a researcher in and head of the Aids Law Project's Law and Treatment Access Unit

I have found Jacob Zuma's defence in his rape trial quite disturbing because, if true, it raises difficult questions regarding sexuality and HIV prevention.

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Anthony Butler wrote the article below in Business Day on 27 February 2006. It raised some interesting points. In particular, TAC is also concerned about a lull in the media on HIV in recent months.

However Butler makes a few points which need to be corrected and some which require further comment: