HIV/AIDS Barometer


HIV/AIDS Barometer

Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) - August 10, 2001

Estimated worldwide HIV infections: 42 666 747 at 1.50pm on Thursday August 2 Another loony: The Vatican consultant on health matters in Africa, Cecilia Moloantoa, threw her weight behind President Thabo Mbeki, disputing the link between the HI virus and Aids. Speaking at a National Women's Day rally in the North West town of Brits, Moloantoa took a swipe at the media and the mainstream HIV/Aids research network for blowing Mbeki's views out of proportion. "Coming from underprivileged communities and having experienced the relationship between the two paradigms, through my work on HIV/Aids in Uganda, I did understand his direction," she said.

Women's burden: The majority of women are still bound by poverty and gender inequality with their problems compounded by the spread of HIV/Aids, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali said at a National Women's Day gathering in Pietermaritzburg. Mtshali said impoverished rural communities often found they had to care for male wage earners returning from the cities to die of Aids. "All too often the fear of social stigma, alienation and a violent backlash prevent women from asserting their rights, even when they are aware their lives are at risk from HIV infection," Mtshali said.
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