he accused of not consulting South Africa over its “3 by 5” campaign to put three million in Africa, Asia and Latin America on anti-retroviral drugs by 2005 — a goal which has no chance now of being realised. “They set that target . . . we were not part of the decision on that target,” she said. “And now that target won’t be met, they want to make South Africa the scapegoat.”
Aids activists condemned her remarks which echoed comments by President Mbeki, who first ignited the controversy some years ago by questioning the link between HIV and Aids and pouring scorn on statistics, saying that he did not know anyone who had died of the condition.
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