Aids Policy News Today

This year is the 20th anniversary of Pepfar — the US ‘President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief’. It is the most important public health/foreign assistance initiative ever undertaken, becoming a template for international efforts against other diseases.

In December 2022, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola set into motion a public participation process on the laws that govern sex work in South Africa. While the bill published for public comment in December is very short, it will do something quite extraordinary if it does become law — it will fully...

Above the violence of the state. >> tutu is a man of god that taught the truth. nothing else but the truth. >> people listened? >> people huslistened to tutu, matter what. >> reporter: during those days with anc leadership in jail or exile, tutu was the voice of the str struggle. but after liberation, tutus embrace of the ruling anc was awkward. y >> you represent me. >> reporter: when the rainbow nation faltered, he spoke up on corruption, aids policy, diplomacy. >> one day we will start prayin...

Funeral. >> this is all we wanted, we want to kill him. >> reporter: mourners wanted to throw a suspected informer into his burning car, but tutu saved the man from the mob. saying he should be forgiven, that the struggle should rise above the violence of the state. >> tutu is a man of god that taught the truth. nothing else but the truth. >> people listened? >> people listened to tutu, no matter what. >> reporter: during those days with anc leadership in jail or exile, tutu was the voice of the...

Dark days with anc leadership in jail or exile, tutu was the voice of the struggle. but after liberation, tutus embrace of the ruling anc was awkward. >> you and your government, you represent. >> reporter: when the rainbow nation faulted, he spoke up on corruption, aids policy, diplomacy. >> one day we will start praying for the defeat of the anc government. you are disgraceful. >> reporter: but tutus daughter says now that hes gone, south africa will lose its conscience. >> south africa will l...

>> reporter: for him, tutus defining moment came at a funeral. >> this is all we wanted, we want to kill him. >> reporter: mourners wanted to throw a suspected informer into his burning car, but tutu saved the man from the mob, saying he should be forgiven, that the struggle should rise above the violence of the state. >> tutu is a man of god that taught the truth. nothing else but the truth. >> people listened? >> people listened to tutu, no matter what. >> reporter: during those dark days with...

Not heed the call, they can help themselves. >> but this is -- this is like teaching people survival skills. you served in the last administration as an adviser on aids policy and now you are teaching people how to build their own roofs in america in 2018. just step back, did you ever think this where wed be. >> i never thought in all of my years -- like i said before, my father, god rest his soul, served in world war ii and so did my uncle. and we shed blood, we are americans, not just here on ...

Differences from the direction that this administration seems to be taking. >> now, my impression of aids policy at the national level over the last couple of decades, since the cowl seunsel was firs created, its one of the few issues in which democrats and liberals, people living with aids, the gay community, might actually find a few nice things to say about george w. bush. the counsel in particular and the work of the national aids policy, the national aids-related policy was seen, i think, p...

Plans for initiatives and policy recommendations i wanted to put forth next year. like in any counsel, we have differences of opinions and approaching public health and how we see hiv and and aids pol. i would definitely say that our council were strong architects and many of us were contributing authors of the national hiv strategy which was strongly support and included with the affordable care act. when you talk about fundamental differences, many of us on the council had fundamental differen...

>> act out was started by larry kramer in new york city. after that chapters began to spring up around the country. >> the militant group act up gained increasing influence on aids policy. weekly meetings of the new york chapter attract hundreds, mostly young, mostly gay. >> i realized i only had a year or two more to live probably so why not go out with a bang. so i quit my job on wall street and became a full time activist. >> lets do a demonstration and keep it there. >> we had so many angry ...