Ms Pia Janning:

If we look at the South African example, which I do not really like to give because it is better to talk about European countries, it is really strong. There was a huge campaign there called the Treatment Action Campaign which was campaigning for the right to health for persons with HIV and AIDS. There was huge denial on the part of the state there that HIV even existed. This case was brought before the South Africa constitutional court claiming that because antiretroviral drugs were not rolled out on a nationwide basis but only in certain states, this was unreasonable and that there was no reason it should not be rolled out on a nationwide basis. The Treatment Action Campaign won its case and it effected a massive change in how the government viewed and dealt with HIV and it saved tens of thousands of lives. Antiretroviral drugs were actually rolled out on a national basis. That is just one example.