This is an archive of the Treatment Action Campaign's public documents from December 1998 until October 2008. I created this website because the TAC's website appears unmaintained and people were concerned that it
was becoming increasingly hard to find important documents.

The menu items have been slightly edited and a new stylesheet applied to the site. But none of the documents have been edited, not even for minor errors. The text appears on this site as obtained from the Internet Archive.

The period covered by the archive encompassed the campaign for HIV medicines, the civil disobedience campaigns, the Competition Commission complaints, the 2008 xenophobic violence and the PMTCT, Khayelitsha health workers and Matthias Rath court cases.

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Equal Treatment

Equal Treatment, or just ET, is TAC's high-quality magazine dedicated to covering health and HIV matters. Currently it is distributed at no charge. It is produced five times a year. To receive your copy of ET, send an email with your name and address to . 

We encourage reproduction and distribution of ET, as well as modification of articles for educational purposes. However, some articles or images are copyrighted by other people or institutions. We indicate clearly which these are for each issue. Please acknowledge sources and please do not copy or modify non-TAC copyrighted material without getting appropriate permission.

Title Front Cover Issuesort icon Month Published Copyright Details Download
Report on the systematic abuse of immigrants Equal Treatment Issue 25 25 2008-06

Equal Treatment June 2008 (issue 25) may be reproduced without permission except for the cartoon on page 30. All sources must be appropriately acknowledged. For permission to reproduce the cartoon please contact Jonathan Shapiro. This issue was sponsored by the Global Fund.
Issue 25 English
IsiXhosa
IsiZulu
Sesotho
Siswati
Xitsonga
Youth and HIV Equal Treatment Issue 24 24 2008-04

Equal Treatment April 2008 (issue 24) may be reproduced without permission except for photographs that are credited to other institutions and the cartoon. All sources must be appropriately acknowledged. For permission to reproduce copyrighted material not belonging to TAC, please contact the credited source. This issue was sponsored by the Global Fund.
Issue 24
Zulu (10 articles)
Swati
Xhosa
Sotho
Children and HIV Children and HIV 23 2008-01

Equal Treatment December 2007/January 2008 (issue 23) may be reproduced without permission except for photographs, unless these are described as being in the public domain, and the cartoon by James Francis. All sources must be appropriately acknowledged. For permission to reproduce copyrighted material not belonging to TAC, please contact the credited source. This issue was sponsored by Oxfam Australia.
Equal Treatment Issue 23
Equal Treatment Issue 22 22 2007-05

Equal Treatment May 2007 (issue 22) may be reproduced without permission except for the cartoons on page 16. All sources must be appropriately acknowledged. This issue was sponsored by Oxfam Australia.
Equal Treatment Issue 22
Making HIV Prevention Work Making HIV Prevention Work 21 2006-11

Equal Treatment November 2006 (issue 21) may be reproduced without permission except for the cartoons on page 29. All sources must be appropriately acknowledged. This issue was sponsored by Public Welfare Foundation.
Equal Treatment Issue 21
Women and HIV Women and HIV 20 2006-06

Equal Treatment June 2006 (issue 20) may be reproduced without permission (sources must be appropriately acknowledged) except for the following portions:
- Front cover photograph, which is copyrighted by David Goldblatt
- Photo on page one, which is copyrighted by Zanele Muholi
- Cartoons, which are copyrighted by John Curtis
- Diagram on page 16, which was reproduced without permission.
Equal Treatment Issue 20
Science of HIV 19 2006-03

Equal Treatment March 2006 (issue 19) may be reproduced without permission (sources must be appropriately acknowledged) except for the following portions:
- Images of HIV on the front and inside covers (copyright details are explained on inside cover)
- Cartoons by Zapiro
Equal Treatment Issue 19
Health Workers 18 2005-12

Equal Treatment December 2005 (issue 18) may be reproduced without permission (sources must be appropriately acknowledged) except for the following portions: - ZipZap Circus photographs, which were taken by Eric Miller and belong to Medecins Sans Frontiers - Photo by Eric Miller on page 16, which is copyrighted by Eric Miller/iAfrika photos. - Cartoon on page 19, which is copyrighted by James Francis (www.jamesfrancis.net) - Photographs on page 21 of Zwelinzima Vavi and Cheryl Carolus, which were found using images.google.com and were used without requesting permission - Cartoon on page 32, which is copyrighted by John Fewings (fewings.ca)

Error: The quote attributed to Sister Du Preez on page 12 contains an error. It should be read so as if the sentence "It is also necessary to end political party conflicts which often lead to failure of community involvement in the clinic." does not appear in it. This erroneously attributed statement was included as a result of a misunderstanding between Du Preez and the journalist who interviewed him. We apologise for any inconvenience caused to Sister Du Preez.
Equal Treatment Issue 18
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis 17 2005-10

Equal Treatment October 2005 (issue 17) may be reproduced without permission (sources must be appropriately acknowledged) except for the following portions:
- Photo of TB bacteria by National Institutes of Health
- Photo of a single TB bacterium by Dr. Kathleen McDonough, Wadsworth Center/NYS Dept of Health, and Dr. Yvonne Kress, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Photo of technicians examining sputum sample and a photo of a TB symptoms poster, which is copyrighted by the WHO, TDR, and Andy Crump
- Photo of a Ugandan condom poster, which is copyrighted by Bob Jones.
- Photo of Uganda's Health Minister, Jim Muhwezi, which was copied without permission from Government of Uganda's website
- Photo of George W. Bush which was used without permission from the US Government's website
- Condom promotion advert, which was used without permission from a document of the Brazilian Government.
- Photo of abstinence poster, which was used without permission from the BBC
Equal Treatment Issue 17
Treatment Plan 16 2005-07

Equal Treatment July 2005 (issue 16) may be reproduced without permission (sources must be appropriately acknowledged) except for the following portions:
- Front cover photo, which is copyrighted by Nadine Hutton
- Toles cartoon, which is copyrighted by the Washington Post
- Photo of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which was used without permission from here
Equal Treatment Issue 16
Traditional Healers 15 2005-05

Equal Treatment May 2005 (issue 15) may be reproduced without permission (sources must be appropriately acknowledged).
Equal Treatment Issue 15

Note: ET was overhauled and substantially improved as of the May 2005 issue. All other back Issues can be obtained from the Legal Deposit Libraries in South Africa or from the South African Historical Archive in Johannesburg.