OPINION| How the Constitution changed the HIV/Aids epidemic’s trajectory in SA - Treatment Action Campaign and other civil society groups forced a reluctant Mbeki government to change its stance and roll out ARVs
, who — at his son’s funeral in Mahlabathini in northern KwaZulu-Natal in 2004 — openly stated that the cause of his son’s death was HIV/Aids. Buthelezi was one of the few politicians who spoke out strongly against the government’s slow response to the pandemic and actively helped to combat stigma around the disease.
The failure of Mbeki’s government to respond adequately to the HIV/Aids crisis and enact the countrywide roll-out of free ARV intervention came at a huge human cost. According to an article by Pride Chigwedere published by the Harvard School of Public Health, more than 330 000 people died prematurely from HIV/Aids between 2000 and 2005 due to the Mbeki government’s obstruction of life-saving treatment, while at least 35 000 babies were born with HIV infections that could have been prevented.
“The court found that the government had not reasonably addressed the need to reduce the risk of HIV-positive mothers transmitting the disease to their babies at birth.
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