Govt defends delay in giving AIDS drugs
Government affidavits filed in response to a court challenge by the Treatment Action Campaign say the slow introduction of nevirapine through 18 pilot sites is rational and responsible.
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Single voice breaks stigma in small town
Living with AIDS – programme 54
Despite the stigma that all too often accompanies people who declare their HIV positive status, a 26-year old woman in a small town in the Eastern Cape is determined to talk to her community to educate them about the virus and to get on with her life.
Living with AIDS – programme 54
Many dimesions to the “face of AIDS”Living with AIDS programme 53
There is no single "face of AIDS". It is not black or white, old or young, homosexual or heterosexual. HIV knows no boundaries or stereotypes. In this audio report, one man speaks about the need to see people with HIV/AIDS as multi-dimensional people who, besides being HIV positive, live full and active lives.
Health official condemns rape of girls by older men
The head of the HIV/AIDS directorate in the Department of Health, Dr Nono Simelela, has spoken out strongly against the increase in HIV infection and pregnancy among girls under 18 who are being forced into having sex by older men. She has urged communities to work together to protect their children and communities against HIV/AIDS. This report is in isiXhosa.
Comprehensive care needed to offer anti-retroviral drugs in SA
The use of antiretroviral drugs had led to a dramatic and incredible decline in deaths and hospitalisation of Aids patients in the US. At a recent conference in Johannesburg, South Africa was urged to find ways of making the treatment widely available and to learn from other countries about the best ways to implement it.
No new drugs for ‘unprofitable’ diseases of developing world
By far the bulk of new drugs developed by the leading pharmaceutical companies cater for diseases of people in wealthy countries rather than the poor. Although people in developing countries make up about 80% of the world 's population, they represent only about 20% of worldwide medicine sales.
NUM proposes HIV/AIDS summit
Controversy over whether mine bosses will give their workers anti-retroviral drugs has promoted the National Union of Mineworkers to call for an HIV/AIDS summit
‘Things would have been better if my parents were still alive’
Elvis is a big name for such a small chap, but then one is reminded that he has experienced more pain, suffering and loss in his nine years than most South Africans would in a lifetime.
The end of the world
"You drive until you reach the end of the world. That is Radoo. Then you turn left and right again. That is where Eric Chabalala lives."
People are dying of hunger
In the Northern Province, villages are being ravaged by poverty and HIV/AIDS. Health-e reports.
Love and avocados
Love, compassion, acceptance and a reason to get up in the morning coupled with a diet of bananas and avocados.
Baby sues Health MEC
A six-month-old baby who contracted HIV from her mother is suing Mpumalanga'€™s MEC for Health, Sibongile Manana, for R700 000.
A more diplomatic Makgoba states the facts on HIV/AIDS
"This is the best report that has come out of this organisation. You mark my words, 10 to 15 years down the line this report will be alive and many decisions will be based on it." - Professor Malegepuru William Makgoba at the release on the MRC report.
Treasury acknowledges need to support AIDS orphans
The National Treasury's Intergovernmental Fiscal Review acknowledges clearly that HIV/AIDS will impact dramatically on poverty and household vulnerability in South Africa, especially the need to care for orphans under 15 years of age who have lost their mothers due to AIDS.
One in four deaths in SA related to HIV/AIDS – MRC report
One in four deaths last year can be attributed to AIDS with 194 892 South Africans projected to die from the an AIDS related disease this year alone. This is according to the Medical Research Council's long-awaited report, "The impact of HIV/AIDS on adult mortality in South Africa".