Nobel Medicine laureate Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, the French virologist who co-discovered the AIDS virus in 1983, stressed the need for more funding. -The United Nations has set a target of ending the AIDS pandemic by 2030, but warned that efforts are lagging. That all changed when South Africa became the first developing country — and the first with an unbridled epidemic of HIV in its population -— to take the helm. We have a long way to go," International AIDS Society president Chris Beyrer told AFP. - Mbeki in firing line -And South African activists angrily levelled accusations of AIDS-denialism at then-president Thabo Mbeki, who insisted the disease was caused by poverty, not by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Source: Bangkok Post July 16, 2016 14:26 UTC