Mandisa Mbali
Biographic Data
| ID | 218509 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mandisa Mbali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mandisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Mbali |
| SIGNATURE | MBALI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5543-0548 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond the ‘End of Aids’
'Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030' has been one of the most powerful organising promises in global health, reshaping research, funding and policy. As the 2030 milestone approaches, however, this promise risks becoming a political end rather than an epidemiological or social success: a moment in which the problem is declared solved while the conditions that sustain the epidemic persist. This commentary critically examines how the 'End…
The Cambridge World History of Sexualities
Volume IV examines the intersections of modernity and human sexuality through the forces, ideas, and events that have shaped the modern world. Through eighteen chapters, this volume examines connections between sexuality and the defining forces of modern global history including capitalism, colonialism, migration, consumerism, and war; sexuality in modern literature and print media; sexuality in dictatorships and democracies; and cultural changes…
The End of the Beginning? Temporality and Bioagency in Pandemic Research
This paper deals with the ways in which the intellectual and political history of AIDS can assist in the chronological conceptualization of a pandemic such as COVID-19 as it is unfolding. It problematizes the idea of pandemic “beginnings” and “ends” to show that such definitions are shaped by the disciplinary location and thematic foci of relevant scholars. Central to this analysis is the notion that ethical and political contexts affect research…
From Aids to cancer
This article describes the evolution of access-to-medicines advocacy in South Africa from AIDS to cancer activism in a biotechnology era. It discusses the ways in which cancer-focused access-tomedicines activists have advocated for intellectual policy reform to enable the universal provision of cheaper biosimilar versions of trastuzumab, a highly effective treatment. Its central argument is that this cancer-focused access-to-medicines activism mu…
South African Aids Activism and Global Health Politics
South Africa has the world's largest number of people living with HIV. This book offers a history of AIDS activism in South Africa from its origins in gay and anti-apartheid activism to the formation
The Politics of Women's Health in South Africa
There are several interrelated crises in women's health in contemporary South Africa. Since the 1990s, HIV/AIDS has been considered foremost among these and it has posed a demographic, health, soci
HIV/Aids and society in South Africa
Problematizing Resistance
A postcard from Bangkok
This brieting describes ways in which the politics of gender and sexuality influence contemporary global AIDS activism, seen at the recent Bangkok International AIDS Conference. Such activism melds identity-based activism around gender and sexuality with activism advocating for socioeconomic justice through wider HIV treatment access. Historically, both in South Africa and the United States (US), gay rights activism has played a key role in the e…
Aids Discourses and the South African State
AIDS Discourses and the South African State:Government denialism and post-apartheid AIDS policy-making 1 Mandisa Mbali (bio) Abstract Post-apartheid AIDS policy-making in South Africa has been characterised by conflict between the government, civil society and the medical profession (Schneider 2001). At the heart of this conflict has been the controversy over South African President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the causal link between the HIV and AIDS…
Have the Slaves Left the Master's House? A Report on the Africa Social Forum
Aids Discourses and the South African State
AIDS Discourses and the South African State:Government denialism and post-apartheid AIDS policy-making 1 Mandisa Mbali (bio) Abstract Post-apartheid AIDS policy-making in South Africa has been characterised by conflict between the government, civil society and the medical profession (Schneider 2001). At the heart of this conflict has been the controversy over South African President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the causal link between the HIV and AIDS…
The Politics of Women's Health in South Africa
There are several interrelated crises in women's health in contemporary South Africa. Since the 1990s, HIV/AIDS has been considered foremost among these and it has posed a demographic, health, soci
Have the Slaves Left the Master's House? A Report on the Africa Social Forum
A postcard from Bangkok
This brieting describes ways in which the politics of gender and sexuality influence contemporary global AIDS activism, seen at the recent Bangkok International AIDS Conference. Such activism melds identity-based activism around gender and sexuality with activism advocating for socioeconomic justice through wider HIV treatment access. Historically, both in South Africa and the United States (US), gay rights activism has played a key role in the e…
Aids Discourses and the South African State
AIDS Discourses and the South African State:Government denialism and post-apartheid AIDS policy-making 1 Mandisa Mbali (bio) Abstract Post-apartheid AIDS policy-making in South Africa has been characterised by conflict between the government, civil society and the medical profession (Schneider 2001). At the heart of this conflict has been the controversy over South African President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the causal link between the HIV and AIDS…
Have the Slaves Left the Master's House? A Report on the Africa Social Forum
Problematizing Resistance
HIV/Aids and society in South Africa
The Politics of Women's Health in South Africa
There are several interrelated crises in women's health in contemporary South Africa. Since the 1990s, HIV/AIDS has been considered foremost among these and it has posed a demographic, health, soci
South African Aids Activism and Global Health Politics
South Africa has the world's largest number of people living with HIV. This book offers a history of AIDS activism in South Africa from its origins in gay and anti-apartheid activism to the formation
From Aids to cancer
This article describes the evolution of access-to-medicines advocacy in South Africa from AIDS to cancer activism in a biotechnology era. It discusses the ways in which cancer-focused access-tomedicines activists have advocated for intellectual policy reform to enable the universal provision of cheaper biosimilar versions of trastuzumab, a highly effective treatment. Its central argument is that this cancer-focused access-to-medicines activism mu…
The Cambridge World History of Sexualities
Volume IV examines the intersections of modernity and human sexuality through the forces, ideas, and events that have shaped the modern world. Through eighteen chapters, this volume examines connections between sexuality and the defining forces of modern global history including capitalism, colonialism, migration, consumerism, and war; sexuality in modern literature and print media; sexuality in dictatorships and democracies; and cultural changes…
The End of the Beginning? Temporality and Bioagency in Pandemic Research
This paper deals with the ways in which the intellectual and political history of AIDS can assist in the chronological conceptualization of a pandemic such as COVID-19 as it is unfolding. It problematizes the idea of pandemic “beginnings” and “ends” to show that such definitions are shaped by the disciplinary location and thematic foci of relevant scholars. Central to this analysis is the notion that ethical and political contexts affect research…
Beyond the ‘End of Aids’
'Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030' has been one of the most powerful organising promises in global health, reshaping research, funding and policy. As the 2030 milestone approaches, however, this promise risks becoming a political end rather than an epidemiological or social success: a moment in which the problem is declared solved while the conditions that sustain the epidemic persist. This commentary critically examines how the 'End…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Human Rights and Development (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works)