Nine years ago, Dr Loyiso Mpuntsha was rejected as a blood donor. Today she is the new Chief Executive Officer of the South African National Blood Service, the same organisation that did not want her blood ' solely because she is black.
HIV-positive pregnant women are more likely to experience pregnancy-related complications than HIV-negative pregnant women. This is according to a study by Wits University's Department of Nursing Education.
Plenty of success stories were exchanged this week as beneficiaries from the world's biggest HIV/AIDS donor programme, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), met in Durban.
A 44 - year old HIV positive mother - Emmelinah Sindane - is determined to get to the finishing line of today's Comrades Marathon [June 16] despite the odds. Sindane will be partaking in the marathon only for the second time. She spoke to Health-e about her personal triumph over her HIV status.
[This report is in IsiXhosa.]
HIV/AIDS programmes in sub-Saharan Africa cannot be implemented by doctors and nurses alone if they are to expand to meet the treatment needs of citizens, according to Dr Mark Dybul, acting US Global AIDS Co-ordinator.
A study conducted in Orange Farm, a settlement south of Johannesburg, shows that circumcised men are at a lower risk of contracting HIV. But, some researchers warn against the wholesale promotion of circumcision as a barrier against HIV infection.
Reduce malaria, worms and bilharzia, make border posts more efficient ' and HIV rates will drop, argues a US expert.
African AIDS activists at the UN High-Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS in New York are furious over what they see as the overturning of agreed commitments on performance targets and the protection of vulnerable groups by a handful of African governments.
It's been seven years since the young AIDS activist Nkosi Johnson's dream was realised. A dream of having a home that houses HIV positive destitute mothers and their children. Now this unique home has more than 90 residents.
Current research is pointing towards the development of an effective microbicide in a few years time. However, experts believe it could have happened sooner if pharmaceutical companies invested more money in developing a microbicide which could prevent the transmission of diseases, more importantly HIV
Last week, we visited Tumahole, a township in Parys in the Free State, where we met Khomanani Community Action volunteers as they carried out a door-to-door campaign to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, TB, substance abuse and other STIs. This week, we hear how the Khomanani AIDS and TB awareness programme has become part of the community's structures, such as clinics and schools.
Amid all the doom and gloom surrounding the AIDS epidemic, a charity project is working vigorously to keep HIV positive caregivers alive, in turn saving thousands of affected children from orphanhood.
Over three-quarters of the sexually abused children who seek help from Childline in KwaZulu-Natal have been hurt by other children, with kids under the age of 12 now outnumbering teens as the main culprits.
Sketching a crisis epidemic that is already infecting 65 million people, the UN body says 'exceptional leadership' is needed to move beyond crisis management to develop long-term responses.
The AIDS epidemic in southern Africa shows 'no evidence of a decline', according to the annual UNAIDS Global Report for 2005 released yesterday (30 May).
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