In both countries, neglect and misinformation at the highest levels of government led to undue tragedy.
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Phrases like “knowledge production” conceal the fact that knowledge answers to something beyond itself and beyond us. To produce knowledge is to find out about something.
Activists, health-care workers and scientists in South Africa were faced with a horrific epidemic but went on a ruthless crusade to turn it around.
Understanding what causes diseases is a life-and-death matter. It is a complicated issue that has generated a great deal of debate in the medical community.
Critics say that Thabo Mbeki’s character matters less than his AIDS denialism. But these things are actually intimately linked.
Although men make up two-thirds of HIV-related deaths, there are not enough services geared towards helping them.
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Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town
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Distinguished Professor, Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Executive Director Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chief Scientific Officer, South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of Philosophy of Science, Durham University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town
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PhD Candidate in Philosophy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Malawi
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Associate Professor of Postcolonial and World Literature, Georgia State University