Politics and Law

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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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