Policy

Mandela to discuss making AIDS drugs available nationwide with current president

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 26th, 2002

Former President Nelson Mandela says he would discuss calls to make AIDS drugs available to all South Africans with his successor, Thabo Mbeki, whose government has balked at providing drugs nationwide.

Mandela's announcement followed a meeting at the home of one of the top AIDS activists in the country, Zackie Achmat, who himself is HIV-positive and has refused to take medication until the government begins making antiretroviral drugs available to the general population.

"I've got a case to take to the president of the country and to acquaint him with what [Achmat's] position is. I know under what conditions he will be prepared to take treatment,"...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2002-08-26)

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