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Editorial
Nature 448, 727 (16 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448727a; Published online 15 August 2007
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Mbeki's mistake
Abstract
South Africa's government has removed the minister most closely associated with public discussion of the country's HIV epidemic. But it must stand by its promises to implement a fresh AIDS strategy.
The dismissal on 8 August of South Africa's deputy health minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, sends out an extremely negative message about how seriously the country is taking its monumental AIDS crisis (see page 739).Madlala-Routledge was a driving force behind South Africa's first realistic national AIDS strategy, which sets out proposals to cut infection rates, improve diagnosis and treat the estimated 5.
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