The ugly truth must be told

18 July 2016 - 10:26
By Mark Heywood

The International Aids Conference starts today, Mandela Day. And no one is working harder for it than the government. That's a very good thing. Aids denialism is dead! Long live a united campaign to end HIV, TB and the social inequalities that drive them. But unity needs truth-telling and our truth-telling about where we were, and where we are with Aids, often seems in short supply.

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