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11/26/2008: "Thabo Mbeki helped to slow the rate of S African overpopulation with his AIDS policy"
A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 people earlier this decade if it had provided antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients and widely administered drugs to help prevent pregnant women from infecting their babies.
The Harvard study concluded that the policies grew out of President Thabo Mbeki’s denial of the well-established scientific consensus about the viral cause of AIDS and the essential role of antiretroviral drugs in treating it.
Coming in the wake of Mr. Mbeki's ouster in September after a power struggle in his party, the African National Congress, the report has reignited questions about why Mr. Mbeki, a man of great acumen, was so influenced by AIDS denialists.
[ It would take less than 3 months for that number of people to be replaced at the current birth rate in S Africa - but every little helps. I am not being heartless. Too many people, especially of the type who do nothing better than consume, destroy the environment and breed, is killing the planet and reducing the quality of life for everyone around them. ]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html?hp