South Africa's new enemy

Science. 2000 Jun 23;288(5474):2168-70. doi: 10.1126/science.288.5474.2168.

Abstract

Many South Africans long dreamed of the day when the oppressive apartheid system would end. That day has come, but now the country faces a new disaster: one of the world's worst HIV epidemics--and most confusing government responses.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* / epidemiology
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Female
  • Government
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Public Policy
  • Research*
  • South Africa / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents