Madam Deputy Speaker, I make the following declaration on behalf of my colleague the hon Kohler-Barnard. One thousand people a day are dying of Aids in South Africa. Only one in five who need antiretrovirals in this country is given these by the Ministry of Health.
Six million South Africans are infected and that infection rate is increasing by 1 500 a day. One-third of the pregnant women in this country are HIV-positive, but only 15% of those women are given the treatment that prevents their babies from contracting the virus. The life expectancy of the average South African has now dropped to a mere 47 for men and 49 for women. The UN General Assembly ... [Interjections.]