Guidelines on HIV testing of minors or orphans

Difficult situations arise when adults are unavailable to give consent on behalf of their children for programmes and research relating to HIV/AIDS prevention and care, are growing. Many of these issues are addressed in the forthcoming “Ethical Guidelines for Gathering Information from Children and Adolescents in International Settings? to be available from Horizons/Population Council.

Babizas Story

Babiza’s Story / Indaba ka Babiza, the first in a series entitled “By Children for Children through Books?, inspired by the Convention of the Rights of the Child. Published in November 2004, this 34-page, illustrated booklet relays 10-year-old Siphelele Ndlovu’s personal account of his encounter with the epidemic.

Understanding and Challenging HIV/AIDS Stigma

Many people have negative attitudes towards those who have HIV/AIDS, and their families. These attitudes – which are called stigma - undermine HIV/AIDS care and prevention and cause great personal suffering and tragedy. The fight against HIV/AIDS and the fight against stigma have to go hand-in-hand: it is not possible to challenge one without challenging the other.

The opening of the Third International AIDS Society Conference: Speech

This is a meeting of scientists and experts in the world of HIV/AIDS. I am neither a scientist nor an expert. I'm an observer. I have spent the last four years traveling through Africa, primarily southern Africa, watching people die. I think I understand, better than most, why your collective scientific and academic work can be said to be the most important ongoing work on the planet.

Faith-Based Responses To HIV/AIDS in South Africa - CADRE Report

HIV/AIDS strategies in South Africa have generally emphasised the role of the formal health system led by national and provincial governments in providing support to areas such as condom distribution, the treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), treatment of opportunistic infections and, more recently, the provision of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs).

Remarks by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, delivered at the opening ceremony of the AIDS Vaccine 2005 International Conference Montreal, Canada 6 September 2005

This is a meeting of researchers and scientists. I am an advocate. It's pretty obvious that you can't turn me into a scientist, but I want to turn you into advocates. To that end, I shall show my unbounded respect by refusing to employ scientific jargon, nor dare I even attempt it when sitting on a panel with two such illustrious and knowledgeable colleagues.

You, Me and HIV

You, Me, & HIV is a book about HIV/AIDS for readers in the early teenage years. Developed for distribution in South Africa, the book is available free of charge in English, Afrikaans (Ek, Jy & MIV), and isiZulu (Wena, Nami & HIV).

New HEARD Policy Briefs

The Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, has released three new Policy Briefs.

Booklet for HIV positive spouses and parents

JSI (John Snow International) Europe and SAfAIDS (Southern African HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service) are pleased to announce the availability of a new publication, "Planning the Future: A Booklet for Families and Communities."

AIDS Epidemic Update 2005

The annual AIDS epidemic update, produced by UNAIDS, reports on the latest developments in the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.