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The Story of Aids: 4. The end of an epidemic?
How activists and medical staff fought the government to U-turn on Aids treatment in South Africa.
When President Thabo Mbeki came to power in South Africa in 1999, the country was gripped by an HIV-Aids epidemic - and the president's decision to question scientific evidence, and reject the use of life-saving drugs only made the situation even more dire. But activists and medical staff were ready to fight the government's position by any means.
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