12 Dec 2007: ISS Seminar and Report Launch, Cape Town: A Lethal Cocktail - Exploring the Impact of Corruption on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Eff

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Cape Town, 12 December 2007

This study attempts to map out structures, organisations and processes dealing with the HIV/Aids pandemic in South Africa. For the first time this is done through a corruption and accountability lens. It comes at a time when the country has seen massive increases in funding capacity, yet the realisation of positive results remains slow and uneven. The study’s main premise is that if the increase in funding has not translated into positive results, then we need to consider other factors that may be impinging on delivery, including absent or inadequate accountability mechanisms and instances of corruption. The study shows that corruption and poor oversight are a potentially lethal cocktail when combined with the rapaciousness of HIV/Aids. In doing so, it brings into sharp focus the impact of corruption on the poor and marginalised in our society.

Programme

11h00

Welcome

Trusha Reddy, ISS researcher and report editor

Keynote Addresses

Dr Nomonde Xundu: National Director HIV/AIDS and TB Unit, Department of Health - TBC
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge: MP and former Deputy Health Minister

Presentation of report findings

Collette Schulz-Herzenberg: Report author

Respondents and Discussion

Fatima Hassan: Senior lawyer, Aids Law Project
Pregs Govender: Academic, activist and former ANC MP - TBC
Prof Alan Whiteside: Director, Health Economics and Aids Research Division, UKZN

13h00

Vote of Thanks

Mary-Jane Ncube: Programme Manager, Transparency International - Zimbabwe

A light lunch will be served

Venue

Centre for the Book, Wale Street, Cape Town

RSVP: 10 December 2007
Ms Mercy Erhiawarien
Tel: 021-461 7211
Fax: 021-461 7213
Email: [email protected]

This report is part of a joint project between Transparency International - Zimbabwe and the ISS Corruption & Governance Programme