One of the world's top scientists, Professor David Ho, yesterday begged President Mbeki to not to let his legacy be defined by inactivity on the human catastrophe of HIV/AIDS.
Read More » Mbeki under pressure from scientistsGovernment was yesterday presented with evidence that it could save the lives of thousands of babies cheaply and effectively by giving their HIV positive mothers the drug Nevirapine during labour. The drug could cut the rate of HIV transmission from mother to child by about one third, meaning that only about 7% of babies born to HIV positive women would be infected at birth.
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A partnership between professors from Oxford University and Nairobi University has produced Africa's first AIDS vaccine, which is set to begin human trials in August.
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The "Positive Lives" exhibition features photos of HIV positive people from around the world in images which challenge the fear and prejudice that surround HIV.
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The French wing of the international AIDS activist group, Act UP, disrupted conference proceedings during a presentation by the director of WHO.
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Law experts are unlikely to recommend that government introduce HIV-specific laws to punish those who knowingly infect others.
Read More » Rape, murder charges for those who infect others with AIDSDURBAN - International agencies, national governments and the international drug companies had all failed the millions of people living with AIDS in developing countries in their quest for accessible treatment.
Read More » Lower drug prices immediately – Judge Edwin CameronHave you ever spoken to your children about sex?How should parents broach the subject of sex with their children? These and other questions were posed to a selected group of famous parents in South Africa. KERRY CULLINAN reports.
Read More » Famous parents talk about sexOverall, at least 3.5 million South Africans are already infected with HIV, a disease for which there is no cure. The best case scenario predicts six million South Africans will be HIV positive in 10 years'€™ time.
Read More » The impending catastropheIndigo storm clouds are mounting on the horizon as we go into the Mthembu family home in Manguzi. We are just a few kilometers from the Mozambique border and the sandy soil suggests we'€™re also not too far from the coast.
Read More » Manguzi family affected by AIDSIt is impossible not to notice how thin Feroza Mohamed is. The several layers of clothing she wears fails to protect her frail and disease-ridden 27-year-old body from the Highveld winter. Mother of six-year-old Ismail, Mohamed arrived at Nkosi'€™s Haven, in December - HIV positive, destitute, shunned by her Muslim family and three months'€™ pregnant. Nkosi'€™s Haven is a Johannesburg shelter for HIV positive mothers and their children.
Read More » Destitute Feroza finds a place to dieWhen Nokubonga Ntzimela lost her patient'€™s card for the local clinic, she was scared to go back, fearing that the nursing sisters would shout at her.Ntzimela'€™s experience is perhaps unusual from other 16-year-olds in that she visited the clinic at least once. Surveys show that most adolescents avoid public clinics because they are concerned about being chastised, embarrassed or rudely treated by clinic staff.
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If South Africa had given HIV/AIDS the same attention as we did to hosting the Soccer World Cup, we could have saved millions of lives, ANC Women's League president Winnie Madikizela Mandela told some 3 000 people in Durban yesterday at an international march to demand cheaper HIV/AIDS drugs.
Read More » Fight AIDS like we fought for the World Cup – WinnieFor many young people, resigned to a life with few opportunities and a future without promise, sex is one of life'€™s few pleasures. But their lack of faith in the future means that many are not bothering to practice safe sex.
Read More » Safe sex undermined by pessimismAlthough there is no cure for HIV/AIDS it is easily preventable. You can only get HIV if you get infected blood or sexual fluids into your system. To infect someone, the virus has to get past the body'€™s defences such as the skin and saliva.
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