What does Nelson Mandela say about HIV/AIDS?

“We are called to join the war against HIV/AIDS with the same, and even greater, resolve that we showed in the fight against apartheid. We have to mobilise all of our people, all sectors of society, all our resources and energies.”
46664 press conference, November 28, 2003

“Millions of people infected with HIV are in danger of being reduced to mere numbers unless we act. They too are serving a prison sentence – for life. So I have allowed my prison number to help drive this campaign.”
Launch of the CD and DVD for 46664 campaign, April 1, 2004

“In the face of the grave threat posed by HIV/AIDS, we have to rise above our differences and combine our efforts to save our people. History will judge us harshly if we fail to do so now, and right now.”
13th International AIDS Conference, July 2000

“The young people, who are our future, are most at risk. We rely on their capacity for vision and on the courage that has been shown by people living with HIV/AIDS to give our nation the lead it needs to rise to this challenge.”
Rally on World AIDS Day, December 1998

“We are engaging the youth in schools, communities and through the media, breaking the silence and stigmas around HIV and AIDS and making them realise that the power to beat the pandemic lies in their own hands.”
Johannesburg 46664 concert, October 2007

“The vast majority of the estimated 40-million people living with HIV are unaware of their status. Fear of being stigmatised is a great factor. It requires bold and visible action by top leadership – at all levels of society – to root out this deadly form of discrimination.”
World AIDS Day, December 2006

“We are all affected by the AIDS pandemic. But more than others, this epidemic carries the face of women. For it is women who bear the most significant burden of HIV and AIDS. As daughters, mothers, sisters and grandmothers, every day they experience and live out the reality of this epidemic.”
46664 concert, March 2005

“You can help break the silence. Talk about HIV and AIDS. You can urge your leaders to do more and act now. You can show more care and compassion. You can protect our women and the next generation.”
46664 concert, March 2005

“We already know that AIDS has no cure and no vaccine despite the intensive research efforts. Therefore, prevention remains for us the strategy we must employ.”
National Conference on AIDS, October 1992