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News Briefs Mandela Champions South Africa's AIDS FightDecember 13, 2002 "This is a serious matter, it's war," former South African President Nelson Mandela said of AIDS Thursday during a visit to a clinic in Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town. Wearing a T-shirt reading "HIV-positive," Mandela spoke freely about condoms and the necessity for people to be faithful to their partners and for AIDS patients to be accepted by their communities. He also urged young people to wait as long as possible to have sex. Aides to Mandela say he now spends 60 percent of his time fighting the epidemic. Mandela has lost two relatives to AIDS; there is no indication Mandela himself is HIV- positive. Back to other CDC news for December 13, 2002 Associated Press 12.12.02; Mike Cohen  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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