The Boston Globe had an editorial about health policy in South Africa. It is odd how Mbeki is so celebrated for his commitment to fighting AIDS considering (1) he has questioned the link between HIV and AIDS in the past and (2) he has claimed that African governments must fight AIDS and HIV by improving health care in general. On the last point Mbeki was proven to be correct: a Cambridge study from early this year showed that the poor health systems in African countries were the primary cause for the spread of the HIV virus, not sexual activity.

In (inter)related news, the cost of AIDS drugs in poor countries had been reduced to $132 per patient per year, thanks to the efforts of the benevolent Clinton Foundation (use your best Kotos voice.)