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Politics and Law

Department of Health (2011) NHI policy paper.

Green paper outlining the scope and plans for the implementation of a National Health Insurance plan in South Africa

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The Black Sash and Educational Training Unit (revised: 2008) HIV/AIDS and the Law.

A comprehensive guide to issues related to HIV/AIDS and South African law.

A good reference for journalists covering stories involving discrimination and rights abuses towards HIV-positive people.

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Visit the AIDS Law Project (ALP) for a more detailed manual on HIV/AIDS and the law.

The guide above is based in part, on the ALP's manual.

   

Mark Heywood (2004) The Price of Denial.

A concise and well-referenced history of President Thabo Mbeki's flirtation with HIV/AIDS denialism and its impact on HIV/AIDS policy in South Africa. Also examines the response and role of the Treatment Action Campaign in confronting AIDS denialism.

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The project is jointly managed by the Anova Health Institute and the Journalism and Media Studies Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, and supported by the Health Communication Partnership based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Centre for Communication Programmes and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief through the United States Agency for International Development under terms of Award No. JH/HESA-02-05.

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