Economics

Mbeki Appeals for U.S. Support on AIDS in Africa

Published in AIDS Weekly, June 12th, 2000

On May 22, 2000, U.S. president Clinton met with South African president Thabo Mbeki, who appealed for U.S. support, "whatever our differences" over how best to combat AIDS on the African continent.

Clinton greeted Mbeki, successor to the storied Nelson Mandela, at a formal ceremony in the White House. The two leaders were cordial as they headed off to take up the thorny matter of obtaining low-cost AIDS drugs in South Africa and halting the spread of the virus through better prevention methods.

Mbeki denied that he said the drug AZT, a common treatment for AIDS, is ineffective. South Africa has contacts with scientists who argue that AZT does...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-06-12)

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