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"When people are dying, a signal is seldom sufficient" - Stephen Lewis
03 August 2003.
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UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, addressed the CAPRISA conference in Durban on 3 August 2003.
"I have read the news reports: I recognise that there are South African Government studies on coverage, cost and sustainability which will soon be assessed by Cabinet; I recognise that there have been broad signals that the many private sector and private hospital treatment initiatives now in place may soon be joined by a roll-out in the public sector. My only caveat would be that when people are dying, a signal is seldom sufficient. Speed and action become the sine qua non. And when the action finally happens, there will be an outpouring of relief and exhilaration throughout Africa, akin, for many, to the emotional catharsis which accompanied the end of apartheid. South Africa is one of the leaders on this continent. If there is a breakthrough here, every country will feel similarly encouraged. And there's one other factor that must be taken into account: from the donor community - World Bank, Global Fund, Clinton Foundation, international NGOs, United Nations agencies. bilateral development Ministries - I genuinely believe that resources will flow to sustain whatever South Africa undertakes. The world, overwhelmingly, wants South Africa to defeat the pandemic."
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Stephen Lewis addresses the CAPRISA Conference
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