The Politics of AIDS

Independent Online reports: Commercialisation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, where huge benefits are enjoyed while people are dying in Africa, is a cause for concern, said Jacob Zuma (Chancellor of University of Zululand) at the Global-World HIV and Aids Alliance Conference in Richards Bay on Tuesday night. Zuma talked candidly about the greed of drug companies and how many people with HIV and AIDS are used as guinea pigs for clinical trials. KwaZulu-Natal Minister of Health, Peggy Nkonyeni, cited the Tuskeegee Study to make her point about exploitation. Link