The Battle for HIV Truth in South Africa

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The Battle for HIV Truth in South Africa

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The Battle for HIV Truth in South Africa - 04-06-2008, 07:50 AM

Fourth year medical student from the University of Edinburgh, Rachel Phillips*reports on her experiences*working for TAC in South Africa.*Having spent the last four months working for South Africa’s biggest HIV non-governmental organisation, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), I would like to share my glimpse of AIDS denialism, the havoc it causes and the energy involved in [...]

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