AIDS Denialism and its impact on Africa
AIDS Denialism was in a nut shell, the denial of AIDS being a viral and dangerous disease. Many Denialist myths about aids have been debunked many times by AIDS organizations. Some of the myths AIDS denialists believed were that HIV didnt progress into AIDS and the myth that AIDS was just another name for common illness's stemming from poverty. Some of the causes of AIDS denialism were that some of the nations leadersdid not want to spend money on taking care of the poor and Ignorance of such leaders like Thabo Meki and his Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. The effects of AIDS denialism have been well documented with some estimates of the total death toll from South Africa alone being ~300,000 due to not being able to take care of themselves. Many South Africans believed the Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang when she said that AIDS was easily curable by consuming Lemons, Garlic and Beetroots. Manto was criticized by many including the South African Medical Association who claimed Manto was: "Confusing the vulnerable public". The long-term impact from AIDS denialism is the death of the ~300,000 South Africans and the many more from other countries and the ones infected during that span of time.