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Debunking delusions: the inside story of the Treatment Action Campaign Nathan Geffen.

By: Geffen, NathanContributor(s): Nathan Geffen, Jonny Steinberg, Edwin CameronMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media, 2010. Description: xii, 236 pages Colour illustratrions: 21 cmISBN: 9781770 097810Subject(s): | South Africa | | Genre/Form: History DDC classification: 362.1969792 GEFF Summary: [Publisher-supplied data] An insider's view of the state-supported AIDS denial of South African leaders Thabo Mbeki and Manto Shabalala-Msimang, this memoir describes a great triumph of citizen activism. The account begins with the efforts of the Treatment Action_Campaign (TAC) to rouse public alarm over the puzzling intransigence of the government and the lack of drugs for people suffering from untreated AIDS. Finally, this book details how TAC_ultimately_succeeded on a much larger scale, as the group exposed corrupt doctors Matthias Rath and Zeblon Gwala and publicized the case of patient Andile Madondile, who had been deceived about his medicine.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-229) and index.

[Publisher-supplied data] An insider's view of the state-supported AIDS denial of South African leaders Thabo Mbeki and Manto Shabalala-Msimang, this memoir describes a great triumph of citizen activism. The account begins with the efforts of the Treatment Action_Campaign (TAC) to rouse public alarm over the puzzling intransigence of the government and the lack of drugs for people suffering from untreated AIDS. Finally, this book details how TAC_ultimately_succeeded on a much larger scale, as the group exposed corrupt doctors Matthias Rath and Zeblon Gwala and publicized the case of patient Andile Madondile, who had been deceived about his medicine.

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