|
|
|
SOUTH AFRICA: AIDS acrimony must end - Deputy President
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
JOHANNESBURG, 20 September (PLUSNEWS) - South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has appealed for a "new spirit" between government and nongovernmental organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Mlambo-Ngcuka told a conference of the Congress of South African Trade Unions that acrimony over AIDS policy must end in a country where one out of nine people were estimated to be living with the HI virus.
"When we fail to work together as partners, the disease wins ... our collective response has for too long been undermined by finger-pointing and despair. I appeal to you that we change that," she said.
The deputy president recently became the new point person on AIDS in President Thabo Mbeki's cabinet, after persistent calls by activists for the dismissal of health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
[ENDS]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Links |
· AIDS Media Center
|
· The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
|
· International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
|
· AEGIS
|
· International HIV/AIDS Alliance
|
PlusNews does not take responsibility for info in links supplied.
|
|
|
|
|
[Back] [Home Page]
Click here to send any feedback, comments or questions you have about PlusNews Website or if you prefer you can send an Email to Webmaster
Copyright © IRIN 2007
The material contained on www.PlusNews.org comes to you via IRIN, a UN humanitarian news and information service, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies.
All PlusNews material may be reposted or reprinted free-of-charge; refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use. IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
|
