His energies are now devoted to helping people get better. "I've always worked at the Hope House Hospice (one of two in Zambia, it has 20 beds for
the thousands dying in the country). We are turning it into a one-stop
shop where people will get while-you-wait HIV testing, skills training
and counselling. And we run a farm where the orphans can work on the land
so they earn a little money and aren't on the street, catching HIV and
turning the same vicious circle."
Are there parts of the dissident viewpoint he still agrees with?
"Yes - but they're the parts no one has ever denied. Of course the
Aids drugs cause side effects. Of course HIV transmission is associated
with poverty and ignorance. But the main thing dissidents do is to read
the small print in the story of Aids and turn it into the headline. I've
been forced to read the headline at last. It says STOP THE DEATHS - NOW."
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