Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:51:48 +0200
From: Bwanika <daniel.bwanikah961-AT-stud.oru.se>
Subject: BHA: no subject




 Dissident AIDS conference here

 By Charles Wendo

 SCIENTISTS and socio-economists who question the
 role of HIV in causing AIDS are organising an
 International conference in Uganda.

 The conference under the theme "Making Sense:
 Alternative Views on the Origins and Causes of AIDS in
 Africa," is scheduled for August 28 to September 1 at
 the Uganda Martyrs' University, Nkozi.

http://www.fiuc.org/umu/umu.html

 But the Uganda AIDS Commission was not yet aware of
 the conference by Thursday.

 The Director General, Dr. Kihumuro Apuuli, said such
 activities would only derail anti-AIDS efforts and cause
 more deaths.

 "Really, we have a problem. This is a very serious
 matter. It can be proved in the laboratory that HIV
 causes AIDS. But these people are saying that AIDS is
 caused by something else," he said.

 The organisers of the conference include Prof. Peter
 Kanyandago, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the UMU and
 two doctors  from the UK, Rosalind
 Harrison-Chirimuuta and Kevin Corbett.

 The proponents of the dissenting AIDS views,  also
 query the methods used for testing HIV as well as the
 usefulness of anti-retroviral drugs.
 http://www.newvision.co.ug/08_19_st15.htm
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