“It is vital that South Africans are clearly educated about how to avoid the disease. This needs to happen before our economy collapses due to the death of its viable workforce and we are faced with a bigger humanitarian problem.” Bishop Rathe advocates testing, because knowing your HIV-status empowers you to make informed decisions. Although no cure has as yet been found, HIV/Aids no longer needs to be a death sentence.
Less than 20% of AIDS victims in South Africa are treated. The epidemic is horrible, but more horrible is the epidemic of denial, despair and ignorance.
The IAW urges all whistleblower coalitions to condemn the ignorance and death spread by AIDS denialists, and to support the Millions of Africans demanding effective treatments, education and prevention of HIV.
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