Remove fear and focus on hope - Standard Bank helps Orphans of AIDS Trust

It is time to stop looking at statistics and start acting against HIV/AIDS. This was the message of provincial Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, speaking at a function at which R500 000 was donated to the Orphans of AIDS Trust by Standard Bank.

PWAs involved in the workplace

A pilot programme run by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in South Africa has provided an opportunity for people living with HIV/AIDS to become involved in workplace responses to the epidemic.

GlaxoSmithKline further lowers the price of HIV/AIDS medicines

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced that it has further reduced the not-for-profit preferential prices of its HIV/AIDS medicines by up to 33% and its anti-malarial medicines by up to 38%.

Malawi AIDS awareness focuses on men at work

AIDS activists in Malawi have launched a new awareness programme that targets men at their workplaces. "We have been targeting women in a society where men make decisions. If you want to reach more men, you have to go to their workplaces," Jenni Mueller, the programme manager for Development Aid from People to People, told PlusNews.

Major firms go it alone to help HIV+ workers

South African businesses are deciding to go solo in providing employees with anti-retroviral drugs.

Formula One team Sauber Petronas and UN join forces against HIV/AIDS

In the first partnership of its kind, Formula One team Sauber Petronas has joined two United Nations institutions to bring HIV/AIDS awareness messages to a broader public and mobilize resources for HIV/AIDS projects in countries worst affected by the disease.

Don't be defeatist about AIDS

Any company seeking to evaluate the extent of the HIV/AIDS threat must involve itself in the macabre mathematics of death. Those companies that have more foresight have grasped this nettle, and found the task less daunting than it might seem. This partly explains why companies such as Anglo American have taken up the treatment option.

NGOs, CBOs and business should focus on children

NGOs can help alert South Africa€™s corporate sector to the need for its partnership in community-based work for the support of children affected by HIV/AIDS. There will be an estimated one million AIDS orphans in South Africa by 2005.

Managing HIV/AIDS is part of new degree

The battle against HIV/AIDS is being fought on many fronts, including primary intervention, appropriate screening and surveillance, the care of people infected and affected, as well as research to develop a vaccine, says Professor Jan du Toit of Stellenbosch University's Department of Industrial Psychology.

South Africa's World AIDS Day 2002 Campaign kicks off

The Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, was today the first South African to give a donation as part of this year's World AIDS Day campaign. South Africa's theme for World AIDS Day 2002 is "I care enough to help, do you?", and the main idea behind it builds on last year's theme: "I care enough to act" - aiming to ensure that the care and support elements in society are highlighted and broadened to include as wide a stakeholder contribution as possible.