Former South African President Nelson Mandela has said that he was "relieved" that the South African government may implement a national nevirapine program to prevent vertical HIV transmission by year's end, Agence France-Presse reports. "These are responsible people who could not allow babies to continue to die," Mandela said. But Mandela "dismissed" reports that the government changed its stance on antiretroviral drugs because "he entered the fray".