c. 2000–2004
HIV/AIDS treatment struggle and TAC mobilisation
Civil-society mobilisation led by the Treatment Action Campaign pressed the Mbeki government to expand antiretroviral treatment amid a severe HIV/AIDS crisis.
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Civil-society mobilisation led by the Treatment Action Campaign pressed the Mbeki government to expand antiretroviral treatment amid a severe HIV/AIDS crisis.
Significance
A defining post-apartheid contest over science, state policy and the right to health, culminating in wider public ARV access.
Why it matters
A defining post-apartheid contest over science, state policy and the right to health, culminating in wider public ARV access.
Disputed interpretations
Responsibility for delayed treatment rollout and the scale of preventable deaths remain politically contested.