Gauteng is doing well – but HIV infections continue to grow

Gauteng has the most extensive provincial HIV/AIDS programme in the country, and has more than tripled the number of people on antiretroviral drugs in the past year alone.

Youth the focus of new HIV/AIDS plan

Young people between 15 and 24 have been identified as the priority by the country’s new HIV/AIDS strategic plan, due to be presented to the country on Friday (01 December 2006).

Forum tackles over-sexualisation in the media

Safety takes precedence over privacy. This was the message from Noreen Ramsden, a child activist and founder member of the Children's Rights Centre, during her presentation at the Nelson Mandela Medical School in Durban.

Porn culture preying on children and youth

Children and young people are being bombarded with sexual images in the media and on the internet. This ‘over-sexualisation’ could be a major stumbling block in South Africa’s fight against HIV/AIDS.

Department of Health - World AIDS Day Statement

Stop HIV and AIDS. Keep the promise.

World AIDS Day 2006 - Statement by Stephen Lewis

A transcript of the World AIDS Day Statement issued by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy, HIV/AIDS in Africa, during a seminar on Women, HIV/AIDS and the Role of the United Nations under the auspices of Irish Aid Friday, December 1, 2006, 15:00, Dublin, Ireland follows:

Government outlines new AIDS strategy

The South African government marked World AIDS Day with the release of a broad framework for its HIV/AIDS strategy over the next five years.

Health trends 2006

Around a quarter of South Africans could suffer from mental illness each year, while HIV/AIDS is systematically undermining all the health gains made in the post-apartheid era, according to the SA Health Review.

The Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: National and Provincial Indicators for 2006

This report, released every two years by the Actuarial Society of South Africa in conjunction with the Centre for Actuarial Research and the Medical Research Council, was prepared by Rob Dorrington, Leigh Johnson, Debbie Bradshaw and Timothy-John Daniel.

Hitting the target? New study explores HIV/AIDS information needs

Hundreds of media organisations, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and government agencies are producing information about HIV and AIDS. But how much of that information is accessible and useful to AIDS organisations on the ground and who is benefiting from it?