As we continue to follow the trends in HIV/AIDS and the hope for a permanent cure whether drugs or vaccine, we stumbbled on this headline:
“Cure for AIDS could possibly be found in South Africa”
Early clinical trials in South
Africa have given researchers new hope of developing a vaccine for AIDS
and a host of other HIV prevention methods are also being tested in
South Africa
The South African.com
Scientists fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic have already revolutionised
the safe sex paradigm with advances in Biomedical technology but are
still a long way from creating the ultimate weapon – an AIDS vaccine.
They are confident, however, that it can be done and the chances are
that this Holy Grail of medicine will be found in South
Africa.
South Africa is a leader in HIV research
“South Africa is home to the largest population of people
living with HIV in the world. What really distinguishes SA, however,
are the strides the nation is making against the epidemic,” says Glenda
Gray president of the SA Medical Research Council.
Catherine Williams, a Professional Nurse Counsellor with the TB/HIV
Care Association, a Cape Town based NGO, said that it was very exciting
that medical science was being creatively applied to the prevention of HIV transmission.
“These exciting new solutions have to take into account
social justice issues such as equitable access, gender sensitivity and
the structural oppression of vulnerable social groups,” she said.“I would love to see social scientists, feminist scholars and poverty
experts working with medical scientists. Now that would truly be
groundbreaking.”
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