The Science of HIV/AIDS Vaccines: An Introduction for Community Groups

ICASO is pleased to announce the release of its new Vaccine Primer. This is the second Primer in the ICASO Vaccine Primer series, and is entitled: "The Science of HIV/AIDS Vaccines: An Introduction for Community Groups" It is a companion report to the first in the Primer series, entitled: "Developing Vaccines for HIV and AIDS: An Introduction for Community Groups".

HIV/AIDS: common myths dispelled

A strong fusion between science and African culture has given more than 200 traditional healers from in and around Durban the tools to fight ignorance and prejudice surrounding HIV/AIDS.

Anti-HIV/AIDS message reaches Swaziland's king's warriors

In a traditional kingdom that takes seriously its customary social structures, the anti-HIV/AIDS message is this week being targeted at young Swazi men belonging to King Mswati's warrior regiments.

HIV/AIDS candlelight memorial to focus on unity

The Salvation Army, a pioneer in caring for those affected by HIV/AIDS, will hold its annual candlelight Celebration of Hope in Soweto on Sunday.

Treating HIV/AIDS among township poor

Babalwa Tembani was diagnosed as HIV-positive after being raped by her uncle. She was only 14 years old at the time and knew nothing about AIDS. After being admitted to Cape Town's Groote Schuur hospital, a nurse told her she had four days to live and must "look for a place to die".

Innovative programme helps orphans of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and their guardians are receiving support from a new project by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the NGO HelpAge International (HAI).

Water and HIV/AIDS - some strategic considerations

At first sight, the issues of HIV/AIDS and water would appear to bear very little relation to each other. HIV/AIDS is a global-scale pandemic that is transmitted between people primarily through sexual contact, while water is a renewable natural resource of which the availability depends on a variety of geographic and climatic factors.

'Living proof' dispels fear of anti-retroviral therapy

They have all pledged to take two pills twice daily or several capsules at night because the alternative would be to die. But many of the hundred people given anti-retrovirals at the Gugulethu day hospital were terrified at first. What if the drugs didn't work? What if the medicines killed them? After all, the president once said the drugs were poisonous.

End of a lonely road for an orphan of HIV/AIDS

He left his brightly-painted zinc shack on a rainy afternoon, for a new home with no leaks and where everyone gets three meals a day.

Firms buy into corporate social responsibility

Major South African companies in mining, energy, chemical, water and food industries had indicated to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) that they had either already used or intending using GRI guidelines to create their own sustainability reports, the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) said yesterday (29 May 2003).