Oct 14 – South Africa’s new health minister Barbara Hogan signals fresh approach in AIDS battle.
South Africa, which has one of the world’s heaviest HIV caseloads, has been accused by activists of dragging its feet in dealing with the disease which kills an estimated 1,000 people every day.
Neena Dhaun reports.
New efforts to find AIDS vaccine
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The conference lasts for 4 days.
900 scientists are present.
South Africa has the highest number of HIV infections.
Barbara Hogan is pushing for the discovery of new treatments.
It can take anything from 50 to 100 years to get an effective vaccine.
More than 5 million people in South Africa live with HIV.
Little progress has been made over the last 25 years.
Everybody needs to greatly increase their efforts to find a vaccine.
Aids first became widely known in the 1970s.
33.2 million people in Africa are living with HIV.
