<P> On 5 July 1996, South Africa's Health Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini - Zuma, spoke at the 11th International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver . She said: </P> <Dl> <Dd> Most people infected with HIV live in Africa, where therapies involving combinations of expensive (anti-retroviral) drugs are out of the question . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Most people infected with HIV live in Africa, where therapies involving combinations of expensive (anti-retroviral) drugs are out of the question . </Dd> <P> In February 1997, South African government's Health Department defended its support for the controversial AIDS drug Virodene by stating that "the' cocktails' that are available (for the treatment of HIV / AIDS) are way beyond the means of most patients (even from developed countries)". Parliament had previously launched an investigation into the procedural soundness of the clinical trials for the drug . </P>

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