Religious issues and debates

The story of an innovative program of treatment for AIDS in Africa that succeeded in the face of international development agencies' "e;afro pessimism"e;

Until this century, Western governments and foundations framing policies for AIDS relief in Africa maintained that prevention alone was a preferable alternative to prevention-plus-treatment, which would be costly and impractical in Africa, or would benefit only the prosperous and well-connected.

The story of an innovative program of treatment for AIDS in Africa that succeeded in the face of international development agencies' "e;afro pessimism"e;

Until this century, Western governments and foundations framing policies for AIDS relief in Africa maintained that prevention alone was a preferable alternative to prevention-plus-treatment, which would be costly and impractical in Africa, or would benefit only the prosperous and well-connected.