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Mortal Combat: AIDS Denialism and the Struggle for Antiretrovirals in South Africa
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"Mortal Combat" is a history of AIDS policy in South Africa that exposes the strategy and tactics of AIDS denialists and focuses on the struggle for antiretrovirals to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to extend the lives of people living with AIDS.
The moral economy of AIDS in South Africa
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The moral challenge posed by AIDS for society and the government's response: a moral economy of triage are examined.
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Class, Race, and Inequality in South Africa
The distribution of incomes in South Africa in 2004, ten years after the transition to democracy, was probably more unequal than it had been under apartheid. In this book, Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli…
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Trading off Income and Health?: AIDS and the Disability Grant in South Africa
  • N. Nattrass
  • Political Science
    Journal of Social Policy
  • 22 December 2005
Despite high levels of unemployment, South Africa's welfare system is premised on full employment: only those who are too young, too old or too sick to work qualify for social assistance. A…
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Disability and welfare in South Africa's era of unemployment and Aids
AIDS and the Scientific Governance of Medicine in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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Demographic modelling suggests that if the national government had used ARVs for prevention and treatment at the same rate as the Western Cape, then about 171,000 HIV infections and 343,000 deaths could have been prevented between 1999 and 2007.
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Democracy and distribution in highly unequal economies: the case of South Africa
Given that incomes in South Africa are distributed very unequally, it might be expected that the establishment of representative democracy would result in the adoption of redistributive policies. Yet…
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The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back
Acknowledgments1. The Conspiratorial Move Against HIV Science and Its Consequences2. AIDS Origin Conspiracy Theories in the United States and South Africa3. Who Believes AIDS Conspiracy Theories and…
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Positive futures: a qualitative study on the needs of adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa
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It was revealed that adolescents viewed their illness negatively, but that social issues such as violence and poverty were also concerns, and most respondents remained positive about the present and future, and wanted support for achieving their goals.
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Gender and Access to Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa
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It seems that gendered norms that make it difficult for men to admit weakness and seek medical attention are the main probable cause for the low proportions of men accessing HAART.
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