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International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:37-40
© International Epidemiological Association 2002

Celebration

The evolving HIV epidemic in South Africa

Quarraisha Abdool Karima,b and Salim S Abdool Karimb,c,d

a Fogarty AIDS Training Program.
b University of Natal, South Africa.
c Columbia University, USA.
d Cornell University, USA.

Professor S Karim, University of Natal, King George V Avenue, Durban 4041, South Africa. E-mail: karims1@nu.ac.za

In this paper we trace the evolution of the HIV epidemic in South Africa, placing it in historical context, and including an insider's view of the national response to it. The paper is written as a tribute to our mentors Zena Stein and Mervyn Susser, for whom the eighth decade of their lives—the 1990s—was the most challenging of all. Immersed in the struggle against the AIDS epidemic in their native South Africa, they had to bring to bear all of their past experience, and then some. While working with the opposition to the old Apartheid regime, Zena and Mervyn had already anticipated a need for general training and remodelling in public health after the transition to a democratic society. It soon became clear, however, that history was overturning these plans. As South Africa came under the threat of a catastrophic AIDS epidemic, Zena and Mervyn found their lives largely taken . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Historical Context

Patterns of Work and Migration

The Anti-Apartheid Movement and HIV

Overview of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Conclusion

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