African church leaders met in Johannesburg recently to find common ground in response to HIV and AIDS. At the meeting, the church acknowledged that it has failed to react timeously and effectively to the challenge of AIDS.
The legal 'bull terrier' that has protected people with HIV for 17 years is changing into an organisation that fights against all adverse socio-economic conditions.
Thursday 6 May, Windhoek -- On Wednesday 5 May, the opening day of the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF) in Dar Es Salaam, a group of nine AIDS activists from across the continent were detained for questioning by Tanzanian authorities after they handed over a memorandum entitled 'Health is Wealth', which emphasised the need for increased investment in health and particularly HIV, TB and Malaria in Africa, to two prominent speakers at the WEF.
AIDS and human rights activists have accused African leaders and donors of making cruel and unwise decisions on funding commitments to HIV and health.
HIV prevention researchers, policy makers and community advocates from more than 35 countries will meet in Pittsburg, USA for the 6th International Microbicides Conference (M2010) at the end of the month.
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Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will address the world's largest AIDS gathering in Vienna later this year. Organisers of the 18th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) announced that President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, and Motsoaledi will be among 19 high-level speakers who will address an estimated 25 000 conference attendees.
Health human rights activists will again remind African leaders that they are watching them when they stage a protest at the 2010 World Economic Forum on Africa meeting starting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania today (WED).
A group of girls recently gathered in Cape Town to share their love for football, but the true goal of their meeting was to discuss an epidemic which has ravaged their communities.
The much-awaited HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT)) campaign was launched last Sunday. At the launch, President Jacob Zuma, warned the hundreds of people who had braved the cold to listen to him speak that the outcome of an HIV test is a personal matter and that they can keep it a secret.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed today that a 49-year old male from the Karoo has been the first human to die from Rift Valley Fever in the Western Cape. He died in Oudtshoorn Hospital. The NICD is still investigating the patient's source of exposure. It is unsure in which manner he contracted the disease. There have been confirmed cases of Rift Valley Fever in animals in the Oudtshoorn area.
Local advocacy groups and international partners in South Africa's response to HIV and AIDS welcomed the launch of the country's programme to have 15 million citizens tested for HIV over the next year.
South Africa should start looking for alternative solutions to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes, a study has found. Using DDT to curb the spread of malaria has been proven by researchers to pose a huge risk to human beings with those consuming chicken, fish and vegetables produced in DDT-sprayed areas at risk of developing illnesses such as cancer.
A lot of heads were turned last night when Annie Lennox showed up on 'Idol Gives Back ' wearing a t-shirt with the words 'HIV POSITIVE' emblazoned on the front (she also wore the shirt to events last year, including the 2009 Edinburgh Festival of Politics and the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert in New York last October). The good news is she herself is not HIV positive, but simply showing solidarity with the millions of people who are.
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