Broad Framework for HIV/AIDS and STI Strategic Plan for 2007-2011 South Africa

The HIV and AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Strategic Plan for South Africa 2007-2011 flows from the National Strategic Plan (NSP) of 2000-2005 as well as the Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment. It represents the country€™s multi-sectoral response to the challenge with HIV infection and the wide-ranging impacts of AIDS.

HIV/AIDS 'paradigm shift' in life insurance

A South African firm is bringing more affordable life insurance within reach of HIV-positive people otherwise struggling with limited and costly schemes.

The journey towards becoming a young advocate

Young people face severe sexual and reproductive health problems. Rights for young people are a matter of life and death. Young people make up the majority of the world€™s population. But still they lack the right to crucial reproductive and sexual health services and information. Consequently, too many youth become infected with HIV infections; young women die unnecessary as a result of pregnancy complications. It is time to turn this tide!

Signs of progress in global response to children and HIV/AIDS

Just over a year ago, UNICEF, UNAIDS and other partners launched Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS initiative to highlight the missing face of the child in the HIV/AIDS response.

KZN MEC makes history with public HIV test

KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Peggy Nkonyeni and her senior managers made history yesterday when they became the first provincial leaders to take public HIV tests.

Joining the HIV/AIDS battle makes good business sense

Behaviour change has been widely identified as the key to reducing new HIV infections, but so far neither governments, religious leaders nor AIDS organisations have had significant success in convincing large numbers of people to change their risky sexual behaviour.

'Time to Talk': a new HIV information and training resource for churches and faith-based organisations

The Strategies for Hope Trust announces the launch of 'Time to Talk: a guide to family life in the age of AIDS'. This is the third title in the 'Called to Care' toolkit of handbooks, designed for use by churches and faith-based organisations.

HIV/AIDS is spreading through elite circles

South Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic, often regarded as a disease of the poor, is in fact spreading quickly among the country's richest and best educated people, researchers said on Tuesday.

Microbicide research suffers major setback

Progress in developing an effective anti-HIV microbicide was dealt a major blow this week when researchers halted trials of a microbicide gel after preliminary results showed it could increase the risk of HIV infection.

First large-scale study of HIV vaccine starts in South Africa

The South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI), which is supported by Eskom and the South African government, today announced the start of the first large-scale, test of concept HIV vaccine trial in South Africa.