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Obama Slams South Africa AIDS Response
Aug. 21, 2006
By Gordon Bell
Barack Obama, the only black U.S. senator, criticized South African leaders on Monday for their slow response to AIDS, saying they were wrong to contrast "African science and Western science."
AIDS activists say Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is creating deadly confusion by pushing traditional medicines and a recipe of garlic, beetroot, lemon and African potatoes to combat AIDS while underplaying the role of ARVs.
...Speaking during the South African leg of an African tour, Obama -- an Illinois Democrat whose father was Kenyan -- said the battle against AIDS was being confounded by denial both within black communities and by the government.
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited
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contributed by Andrea Welch on 21 August 2006
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