South African Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel

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The South African Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel is a group of scientists, physicians, historians, economists, public health professionals, policy makers, persons living with AIDS, and lay persons who were invited by the government of South Africa in 2000 to deliberate on issues pertaining to HIV and AIDS in South Africa. The panel consists of roughly 2/3 members who support the HIV/AIDS hypothesis and 1/3 who dissent from the hypothesis.

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Terms of reference

The Panel was convened specifically to address particular issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS, including:

the accuracy of antibody tests used in South Africa to diagnose HIV infection
the impact of poverty and malnutrition on immune deficiency
the relationship between HIV and other common infections in South Africa, such as tuberculosis and malaria
the causal role of HIV infection in AIDS
the existence (isolation or purification) of HIV
the accuracy of epidemiological data used to describe the extent of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
the role of therapeutic intervention in developing countries
the prevention of HIV/AIDS in developing countries

The Panel met in Pretoria on 6-7 May 2000, and again in Johannesburg on 3-4 July 2000. An Internet debate forum was also provided for the time period between the two meetings. The official report on the Panel states, "The lack of participation in the Internet debate by panellists who subscribe to the HIV theory of AIDS was lamented by the Minister of Health when she opened the second meeting of the panel on 3 July 2000."

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