The national conference on sexuality has laid the groundwork to ensure that sexuality education will be part of the school curriculum next year.

Traditional healer Credo Mutwa drew a large audience when he spoke at the sexuality education conference in Midrand this week. He called for a resurgence of African tradition to recreate the values needed to combat HIV/AIDS, but also expressed some surprising and unorthodox views as to the origins of the virus.

A conference on sexuality education convened by the National Ministry of Education this week is grappling with its ambitious goal of formulating resolutions on the kind of education to be included in the school curriculum.

Delegates at the International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in the developing World have called for the establishment of a Medical Genetics Advisory Board to ensure that human rights are respected as genetic testing and counseling becomes available.

A Genetic Birth Defects Conference hosted by the Department of Health heard yesterday that limited resources at public hospitals meant that children with Down Syndrome were often refused heart surgery.