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HIV=AIDS Controversy: Mixing It Up

As of 4 May 2000, the ecumenical President Mbeki has gathered together a diverse group of luminaries to hash out the health problems that exist in his country. One can only hope they don't start slinging hash at each other at the expense of fruitful discussion. Pass the salt, please!


South Africa Mbeki’s Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel

  1. Prof. Salim Abdool-Karim. Head of the HIV/AIDS Research Unit, Medical Research Council. Republic of South Africa

  2. Prof. Bialy, Harvey. Editor Bio/Technology, New York, NY

  3. Dr. Stephen Chindawari, Director of the Blair Institute of Research, Zimbabwe [Facilitator]

  4. Dr. Bertozzi, Stefano

  5. Prof. De Harven, Etienne, Prof. Emiritus of Pathology, Univ. of Toronto, former Electronmicroscopist at the Sloan Kettering Institute, NY

  6. Dr. Duerr, Ann, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, US

  7. Prof. Duesberg, Peter, Prof. Of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Berkeley

  8. Dr. Fiala, Christian, Specialist Physican with experience in the African AIDS situation, Vienna, Austria

  9. Dr. Gayle, Helene, Director, Nat'l. Center of HIV/AIDS and TB Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

  10. Dr. Giraldo, Roberto, MD, Specialist in Infectious and Tropical Disease, New York, USA

  11. Dr. Herxheimer, Andrew, Clinical Pharmacologist, Emeritus Fellow. Cochrane Centre, United Kingdom

  12. Dr. Koehnlein, Klaus. Swiss AIDS Practitioner, critical analyst with very practical experiences in treating AIDS patients in Africa

  13. Dr. Kathari, D. Professor Emeritus, Seth Medical College, Bombay, India

  14. Dr. Lane, Clifford. Director: Nat'l. Institutes of Health, Washington, DC, USA

  15. Prof. Makgoba, Malegapuru. President, Medical Research Council, Republic of South Africa

  16. Prof. Fred Mhalu, Prof. Of Microbiology and Immunology. Dean of the faculty of medicine, Muhimbili, Univ. College of Health Sciences, Dares-Salaam, Tanzania

  17. Prof. Mhlongo, Sam, Chief Specialist and Head, Dept. of Family Medicine, Medical Univ. of Southern Africa, RSA.

  18. Prof. Ephraim Mokgokong, Chancellor of the Medical Univ. of Southern Africa, RSA [Facilitator]

  19. Prof. Montagnier, Luc. Professor and Director, Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Paris, France

  20. Dr. Owen, Stephen. Prof. Of Law and Public Policy, Univ. of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [Facilitator-in-Chief]

  21. Prof. Papadopulos-Eleopulos, Eleni, Biophysicist, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

  22. Dr. Paranjape, Ramesh S. Office in Charge and Acting Director, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Mahareshtra, India

  23. Dr. Perez, George. AIDS Expert from Havana, Cuba

  24. Prof. Prozesky, Wally. Chief of the South African Vaccine Initiative, Republic of South Africa

  25. Prof. Rasnick, David. Molecular Pharmacologist, Alameda, California

  26. Mr. Scondras, Dave, MA, MS, USA

  27. Dr. Sonnabend, Joseph

  28. Dr. Stein, Zena. Director: Division of Epidemiology, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia Univ., New York, NY

  29. Prof. Stewart, Gordon, Prof. Emeritus of Public Health, Univ. of Manchester, England. Former WHO Advisor on AIDS

  30. Dr. Turner, Val, Physician, published articles on the AIDS dogma

  31. Dr. Vella, Stefano, Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy

  32. Dr. Williamson, Carolyn, Republic of South Africa

  33. Dr. Zuniga, Jose M., IAPAC, USA

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