Rights and responsibilities - prisoners and HIV/AIDS

A Memorial Prayer Day for prisoners who have died of and are living with HIV/AIDS, hosted by the SA Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR), was held at the Westville Prison in October 2002. Executive Director of SAPOHR, Derrick Mdluli, described the event as an opportunity for those who care not only to commemorate the AIDS-related deaths of inmates, but also to pray for those infected and affected in their communities.

Update on KZN HIV/AIDS grant

As the Global Fund prepares to disburse money to some of the projects approved during the first round of applications, it remains unclear whether people living with HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal will benefit from the US $72 million granted to the province nearly six months ago.

Live and let live - Gauteng door-to-door campaign

The spread of HIV/AIDS can be prevented and we can deal with the consequences of HIV/AIDS. It is up each and every one of us to make a small contribution in our way. The battle against HIV/AIDS will only be won by millions of initiatives at all levels... every little bit will count.

Pfizer and SA government extend Diflucan partnership programme

As we approach World AIDS Day and the second Anniversary of the Diflucan Partnership Programme (DPP), the Ministry of Health and Pfizer have concluded an agreement to extend the Programme indefinitely.

World AIDS Day message from KZN's MEC for Health

HIV/AIDS has become the most serious global threat to humankind ever experienced. The epidemic is the more serious because it affects all age groups and is particularly prevalent in the youth and young people. The most prevalent mode of transmission of the virus in our province and in sub-Saharan Africa is by heterosexual intercourse. This is where the biggest battle still lies. A lot is being done in this regard by our government through the Provincial HIV/AIDS Action Unit, and its association and partnership with various community organisations and leaders. However, we need to do a lot more.

HEARD - AIDS Brief - Civil Service

As part of the current USAID project "Operationalising HIV/AIDS Issues For Development", which commenced early in 1998, HEARD identified a need for a much wider, expanded and more detailed series of documents.

HEARD - AIDS Brief - The Military

As part of the current USAID project "Operationalising HIV/AIDS Issues For Development", which commenced early in 1998, HEARD identified a need for a much wider, expanded and more detailed series of documents.

HEARD - AIDS Brief - Prisons

As part of the current USAID project "Operationalising HIV/AIDS Issues For Development", which commenced early in 1998, HEARD identified a need for a much wider, expanded and more detailed series of documents.

War against HIV/AIDS gets a shot in the arm

The government has promised to increase HIV/AIDS funding by R3,3-billion over the next three years when it announced on Thursday that it shared the "public view" that more resources needed to be allocated to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Unified bid to step up AIDS treatment

The government faces its biggest challenge yet as South Africa's powerful lobby of health-care providers joins forces with AIDS activists to thrash out a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan for the country, including a roll-out of anti-retroviral drugs.