How Education Fight AIDS: By using scientific evidence to inform national health policy.
Submitted by Rachel Hoy Deussom on August 28, 2009Add Comment
See New York Times: “S. Africa Embraces Study Critical of Health Policy.”
For too long, South African politicians have held on to unfounded beliefs about HIV and AIDS. For example, President Jacob Zuma said he “showered after having sex”‘ to avoid HIV. The appointment of Barbara Hogan as Minister of Health may be promising if she succeeds in guiding the country to embrace more effective care for HIV-infected South Africans, who currently represent 17% of the world’s HIV-positive population.
-Rachel Hoy, MPH
Tags: health policy, myths, South Africa
