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News Briefs Mandela Urges Access to Drugs to Fight AIDSDecember 3, 2001 Marking World AIDS Day in South Africa -- where more people live with HIV/AIDS than in any other country -- former President Nelson Mandela called for patients to be given access to drugs that fight the disease. "Nothing threatens us more today than HIV/AIDS," said Mandela, who headed the nation's first post-apartheid government. "AIDS is a scourge threatening to undo all the gains we made in our generations of struggle." New York Times 12.02.01; Reuters  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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