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HIV treatment activist |
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| Polly is a treatment activist committed to equality of access and quality of care for people living with HIV. Primarily a treatment writer, she works at HIV i-Base in London which she founded with two of her co-workers. i-Base provides treatment information for two audiences (both domestic and international) - HIV positive people and medical professionals - in the form of publications, training, a phone line, meetings and a website. TAC and i-Base collaborate on treatment literacy projects. |
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City Financier |
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Andrew was an ANC Member of Parliament in South Africa for 8 years. He resigned from Parliament in late 2001 in protest at the ANC’s refusal to allow an unfettered investigation into
a multi-billion rand arms deal that was tainted by allegations of high-level corruption. Andrew remains a member of the ANC. Currently working in Financial Services in London, Andrew writes and lectures on South African politics and economics.
Andrew is the Chair of FOTAC. |
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Writer |
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Rachel is a writer and TAC volunteer. Formerly an academic, she held lectureships at the Universities of London and Sussex. In 1988 she joined Amazon.co.uk, as Senior Editor, Managing Editor and then Website Manager until she left in 2002 to write full time. Her first book, Scanty Particulars, a biography of Dr James Barry, was published in 2002.
Her second Saartjie Baartman: The Hottentot Venus, is published in 2006. Rachel is a consultant for the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation Network.
Rachel is FOTAC’s Secretary. |
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HIV Activist |
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| Martin was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and graduated from Wits University with a Building Management Degree. Martin self tested for HIV in March 2000 and discovered he was HIV+. Concerned at the price of medication in South Africa (then $1000 US a month - half his monthly income) he came to the UK, where he has lived for the last 4 years. He began Treatment in March 2004 given the decline in CD4 Cell count and rise in viral load but says that understanding more about HIV and reducing stress has definitely slowed the progression of the HIV Virus. Click here to visit Martin's website. |
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Visual Artist |
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Tessa is a Southern African digital artist/media practitioner who has been involved HIV/AIDS-focused organisations since joining a University-based education project in Cape Town in 1994. She is currently living and working in the UK. In 2003 she made ‘The Harsh Divide’,
a series of short filmic portraits of TAC members living with HIV/AIDS, with Gideon Mendel
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Academic |
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Shula Marks is an Emeritus Professor and Fellow of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London and Distinguished Research Fellow of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London. A former Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, she is a Fellow of the British Academy and holds honorary degrees from the Universities of Cape Town and Natal. She has lectured and written widely on South African history, and has a particular interest in the history of health and medicine in South Africa. In 1983 she co-authored a WHO monograph on Health and Apartheid, and in 1994 she wrote a major study on the history of nursing in South Africa, entitled Divided Sisterhood. Race, Class and Gender in the South African Nursing Profession. Given these interests, she has a passionate concern to help in
the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS in contemporary South Africa. |
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Doctor of Law |
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Dr Oliver Phillips is a Reader in Law at the University of Westminster. He has a PhD from Cambridge University and has written widely on sexuality and rights in Southern Africa. He has a long history of advocacy in the region including participation in NUSAS in the 1980’s, and was a founding member of GALZ (Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe); the 8th of May Group; and FOTAC.Oliver is currently vice-Chair of the Britain Zimbabwe Society and international liaison officer for the Centre for Law, Gender, and Sexuality. Click here for more information.
Oliver is FOTAC's Treasurer. |
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Journalist |
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| British-born Chris Woods is a senior journalist and producer for the BBC current affairs programme Panorama , with a longstanding interest in southern Africa and in the HIV/ AIDS crisis. He has been covering AIDS and HIV in South Africa since 1994. His films have tackled efforts by South African activists to secure patent-free combination drugs; and a recent investigation for Panorama looked at the Catholic Church and its position on condoms. |
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