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About Nicoli Nattrass
- Nicoli Nattrass is a professor of Economics and the Director of AIDS and Society Research Unit within the Center for Social Science Research at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
- Nattrass authored 55 articles published in academic journals and published five books in the areas of economic policy, the political-economy, cultural and behavioural aspects of AIDS.
- She is an advocate of science-based AIDS treatment in South Africa and a longtime critic of AIDS denialists.
- Nattrass has been very critical of Thabo Mbeki's AIDS policy in South Africa and estimated that more than 340,000 unnecessary AIDS deaths in South Africa between 1999 and 2007 were the result of this policy.
- Nattrass has subsequently investigated poverty and inequality in South Africa, and as of 2017, has focused her research on animal welfare in informal settlements - particularly, rodents in Khayelitsha.
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