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HIVAN hosts MRC KZN AIDS Forum Mini-site

Posted: ?Wednesday, March 26, 2003
HIVAN Media Office.26 March 2003.

The Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN) and the MRC KZN AIDS Forum have joined forces in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The two organisations have pooled their resources in order to further facilitate networking between organisations and individuals working at the coalface of the struggle against HIV/AIDS.


Number of Cape orphans of HIV/AIDS 'will double'

Posted: ?Wednesday, April 09, 2003
Jo-anne Smetherham.8 April 2003. Cape Times. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd.

Cape Town already has 21 000 HIV/AIDS orphans, and this number will more than double in three years.


South Africa's new bill will prioritise child rights

Posted: ?Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Paula Proudlock and Carol Bower.(c)Pambazuka Newsletter (www.pambazuka.org)

The Draft Children's Bill, to be tabled in Parliament for debate and passage during 2003, moves away from an emphasis on the welfare needs of children already experiencing abuse and neglect, and focuses on the need to prevent abuse and neglect from occurring and to support families to care for their children.


HIVAN researcher elected to MRC Vaccine Research executive

Posted: ?Tuesday, April 15, 2003
HIVAN Media team

Nicola Stanley, a member of HIVAN's Networking and Research team, was voted onto the executive of the Community Advisory Board of the MRC's HIV Vaccine Research Unit earlier this month, and will serve as treasurer for the Board.


Maasai rising to the challenge of HIV/AIDS

Posted: ?Wednesday, April 23, 2003
22 April 2003. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.

"Maasai gatherings are usually a time for celebration and festivities. People come together from far and wide and we feast and have fun. But I think this one will be different. What we have come to discuss is serious and it is a big threat to us Maasai," said Rafael ole Moono, from his stool in the shade of the acacia tree.


Cotlands / Chris Hani Baragwanath HIV/AIDS counselling initiative

Posted: ?Thursday, May 15, 2003
Cotlands Press Release. 15 May 2003

The Cotlands/Chris Hani Baragwanath HIV/AIDS Counselling Project, sponsored by the Nedcor Foundation, is believed to be the first of its kind worldwide, and is expected to become a showcase to the rest of the world by providing a successful model of counselling services to HIV-positive children and their parents/primary care givers - and especially to those who have children in the last stages of the disease.


Budget vote speech by Minister of Social Development

Posted: ?Friday, May 16, 2003
15 May 2003. Budget Vote Speech by Dr Zola Skweyiya.

This budget vote speech is presented against the backdrop of critical international resolutions adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, hosted by us last year in Johannesburg. These resolutions added fresh impetus to our collective commitments to, amongst others, half the world's poor by 2015.


Counsellors give hope to HIV/AIDS patients

Posted: ?Friday, May 16, 2003
Evelio Contreras.15 May 2003. The Star. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd.

On her first day as a counsellor, Tshidi Liphapang, 32, had a long conversation with a woman who did not want to believe that she and her baby were going to die from AIDS.


African Anglicans to improve pastoral care for people with AIDS

Posted: ?Friday, May 16, 2003
By Nalisha Kalideen.The Star, 24 April 2003. Republished courtesy of Independent Newspapers (Pty) Ltd

Anglican churches from seven Southern African countries have united in an attempt to reduce the stigma and prejudice surrounding AIDS. Cape Town Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane announced (in April 2003) that churches from South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique and St Helena would be involved in the programme.


Research report on gender, poverty and HIV/AIDS

Posted: ?Wednesday, May 21, 2003
April 2003. PACSA Report. Republished with kind permission of PACSA.

The Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness (PACSA) have released Phase One of their Research Report on their project entitled Gender, Poverty and HIV/AIDS: How Do Women Survive and What Support Do They Need? This report documents the first phase of a joint research project conducted by the Gender and Poverty and Economic Justice Desks of PACSA.


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