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Confusion reigns over Khomanani? Living with AIDS # 273
There are still no definite answers from the Health Department regarding the fate their flagship HIV/AIDS communication campaign, Khomanani. There have been widespread reports that the programme has been halted. But the Health Minister says that's news to her.
Beetroot battle at world AIDS conference
Beetroot, lemon, garlic and African potato were at the heart of a bitter conflict between Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and AIDS activists over government's AIDS programme at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto over the past week.
Breast is best ‘ even for babies with HIV+ mums
TORONTO ' A South African study has conclusively shown that babies with HIV positive mothers who are exclusively breastfed are significantly less likely to get the virus than if they get breastmilk and other food mixed.
Overcoming guilt Living with AIDS # 272
It was with a sense of a 'big head' that Alan Brand decided to take an overall medical check up. He had achieved most of his short term goals. Testing positive for HIV never even occurred to him. But soon after finding out that he had the virus, he was overwhelmed by guilt.
Humanity needs to work together to defeat AIDS – Gates
TORONTO ' Defeating AIDS will not be the success of one great scientist, one great community worker, or one great leader, but the accomplishment of the whole human family working together for one another. With these words, Melinda Gates ended the formal session at the opening of the 16th World AIDS Conference.
Bill and Melinda Gates give $500 000 000 for AIDS
TORONTO ' Bill and Melinda Gates have boosted AIDS coffers on the eve of the world's biggest AIDS meeting with a U$500-million contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
Flying service helps to restore sight
For 40 years, the SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service has been flying volunteer health professionals to rural hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape.
Toronto: Time to Deliver
South Africa will be in the spotlight at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto when the merits of male circumcision come up for discussion.
Micro-financing & HIV education
Living with AIDS # 271
Social conditions such as poverty and gender inequalities play a major role in driving the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Often, it is women who are at the mercy of such conditions. A unique pilot project in the remote villages of Limpopo and Mpumalanga is using micro-finance to intervene.
Living with AIDS # 271
‘We are called to action’
Living with AIDS # 270
In the face of HIV and AIDS, community-based caregivers are an invaluable asset. These men and women ' who often go without pay ' counsel, feed, clothe, wash and give hope to those with little, or no hope, at all. We meet one such dedicated soul.
Living with AIDS # 270
To cut or not to cut
Living with AIDS # 269
If on-going research does show that male circumcision can protect against HIV, it's inevitable that a campaign for access to circumcision will follow. But while every effort aimed at HIV prevention is welcome, common sense must prevail.
Living with AIDS # 269
Rath spreads his wings to the Eastern Cape
The Treatment Action Campaign is set to take up yet another volley in an attempt to stop the controversial vitamin seller Dr Matthias Rath. The Rath Foundation has been accused of promoting its vitamins as a cure for AIDS and encouraging HIV positive people to abandon their antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. TAC is considering lodging legal papers in the High Court to stop Dr Rath's campaign in the Eastern Cape. This report is in IsiXhosa.
Education sector ill-prepared for teachers and students with HIV
Education departments worldwide are ill-prepared to deal with teachers and children who are infected with HIV, according to UNAIDS report
Denying HIV ‘ until death
Living with AIDS # 267
Two decades of HIV and AIDS have come and gone. Yet, despite the availability of life-prolonging antiretroviral medication and more openness about AIDS, many HIV-positive people continue to die pitiful, secret-filled and lonely deaths. Why?
Living with AIDS # 267