Talk:HIV/AIDS in South Africa

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Contents 1 recent remarks 2 Censorship of this article 3 Some Data in Mbeki Article May Enhance This Article 4 Added Material From Previous Thabo Mbeki Page

[edit] recent remarks

wasn't there someting recently about the MEC for health having referred to aids as being treatable by traditional tribal medicine and garlic??

It appears there's a great deal of relavant information not yet covered in this article:

• "Discredited doctor's 'cure' for Aids ignites life-and-death struggle in South Africa," May 14, 2005, The Guardian [1]
• "The drugs do work", September 5, 2006, The Guardian [2]

--Ronz 00:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Here's the story I heard about. I'm going to try and integrate it into the article justnow. [3] Joshua John Lee 18:44, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Censorship of this article

While interesting, I'm not sure that this section belongs in the article.[4] Pairadox 18:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

It is back in there for the moment. I renamed the section to make it a little more obvious how self-referential it is. ITWeb chose to use the phrase " Wikipedia censorship", but that does not really give us permission to deceive ourselves, the censorship, or vandalism or whatever it was was in this article only.--76.221.186.215 23:11, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I am removing it as a self-ref. Here is the text and refs:

ITWeb reported that a government official repeatedly vandalized this article. The person responsible for the vandalism has reportedly been suspended,^[1] but their identity has not been disclosed. The incident has been criticized by the Freedom of Expression Institute and the Democratic Alliance, a South African political party, commented that they are closely watching the situation.^[2]

1. ^ S African official vandalises Wikipedia AIDS content August 24, 2007
2. ^ Govt attempts Wikipedia censorship 23 August 2007

anything on the demographics of hiv virus? what % of whites have aids? what % of blacks? it would be interesting if someone include this in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.76.84.223 (talk) 21:09, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

ok, i found some information and included it in the article. i'm not good at english, so feel free to rewrite, if needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.76.84.223 (talk) 21:18, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Some Data in Mbeki Article May Enhance This Article

Hi, some of the data in the Thabo Mbeki article may be of use to this one. I myself in a few days may move applicable material here, if no one beats me to it. Gallador (talk) 04:32, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Added Material From Previous Thabo Mbeki Page

Hi, I've just quickly added here some of the material from the previous Mbeki page (as of now second last version). I'm a bit too busy this instant to check its precise integration into this article. However, now that it's here, I'll try to look that over and make any changes relatively soon. Apologies for any inconvenience. I just figured it was better to get it here and internal editing, if required, could then take place. Gallador (talk) 14:51, 13 May 2008 (UTC)