AIDS lesson from Orange Farm, but prevention is being neglected
Dirt-poor Orange Farm residents may be, but a study conducted in the settlement south of Johannesburg has brought hope to the world ' and features in the UNAIDS report on AIDS.
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Nkosi’s legacy lives on at haven
Five years ago today (1 June), Nkosi Johnson died of AIDS at the age of 12 ' but his legacy lives on at Nkosi's Haven, a home for HIV positive mothers and their babies.
Welcome at the UN ‘ but not in her father’s home
Although Nkhensani Mavasa has been invited to address the world at the United Nations in New York this Wednesday (31 May), she is still not welcome in her own father's house ' simply because she is HIV positive.
Former MP resigned over AIDS denialism
Activist Pregs Govender admitted this week that AIDS denialism within government had been one of two factors that pushed her to resign as an ANC Member of Parliament in 2002.
One day to ‘forget ‘ for a moment’
Living with AIDS # 259
The harsh realities of HIV and AIDS are a daily experience for 400 children under the care of the Tapologo AIDS Hospice, in Rustenburg, near Phokeng village, in the North West. And if there's a chance to make them forget about their pain-stricken lives, even for only one day, it's more than welcome.
Living with AIDS # 259
Telling Art-Stories Living with AIDS # 258
When words failed them, a group turned to art to articulate their lives with HIV or how the epidemic has affected them as they continue watching loved ones succumb to the virus. Their work is being exhibited at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg.
‘Smacked’ to hell and back
Frank, thought-provoking and in-your-face, 'Smacked' is a recently published book by a former drug addict. Author Melinda Ferguson loses everything in her comfortable life, including her husband and children, in pursuit of her addiction.
Minister missed an opportunity with Rath
Many delegates to the recent microbicides conference in Cape Town flashed wry smiles when the health minister warned researchers against conducting unethical trials that did not always have the best interests of research participants at heart.
Judge challenges HIV counselling
HIV tests should be routine in health institutions that offer AIDS treatment, says Judge Edwin Cameron.
The world’s children go hungry – report Living with AIDS # 257
HIV and AIDS, drought and conflict make it hard for developing countries to feed their children properly. Ultimately, this pushes up the mortality rate of children under five. This is according to the United Nations Children's Fund's annual report on children's progress.
UK doc talks about working in rural KZN
Dr Steve Wootorton, a doctor living in the United Kingdom, recently did a three-month stint at Nkandla Hospital in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Wootorton shared his impressions in an article he wrote for the British Medical Journal.
TAC stand firm on UNGASS
The Treatment Action Campaign will reject government's invitation to participate in the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on AIDS (UNGASS) at the end of May unless its ally, the Aids Law Project is also invited.
Care is an absolute ‘ prevention is the ideal
In the Western and Northern Cape have some of the worst rates of foetal alcohol syndrome in the world. In the Western Cape 40 out of every 1000 children in their first year of school suffer from foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The urban black communities are also worst hit areas.
This is according to Professor Arnold Christianson, co-author of a global report on Birth Defects.
Taking a shower will not prevent HIV
Former deputy president Jacob Zuma's irresponsible HIV statements are causing confusion, prompting a body representing more than 12 000 HIV specialists to clarify matters.
Work on a pioneering vaccine begins Living with AIDS # 253
A first in HIV vaccine trials is taking place in South Africa. A vaccine will be tested on people already infected with the HI-virus in the hope that it will delay or prevent their progression to full-blown AIDS.