Television programme deals with HIV/AIDS

In a move considered to be a breakthrough for a country which is now slowly waking up to HIV/AIDS, Angola's only television station screened the first of a series of HIV/AIDS programmes this week.

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Durban's HIV/AIDS council to unite city's efforts

An official HIV/AIDS council at local government level would strengthen the fight against the epidemic in the unicity, Durban's mayor Obed Mlaba said on Thursday, 31 October 2002.

The AIDS Conference with a difference, to make a difference

Professor Jerry Coovadia, Chairperson of the XIIIth International AIDS Conference held in Durban in July 2000, announces the launch of the South African AIDS Conference 2003. The Conference will be held at Durban's International Convention Centre from 4 to 8 August 2003.

Ravages of HIV/AIDS have come home - Report

The ravages of HIV/AIDS are beginning to be felt all over South Africa, with reports showing that more than half the affected families do not have enough food to stave off starvation and are forced to watch their children go hungry.

'Today's virgins, tomorrow's HIV/AIDS victims'

Most South African teenagers have sex for the first time at the age of 14 or 15 and half of all today's 15-year-olds in South Africa and Zimbabwe will eventually die of AIDS.

Rights and responsibilities - prisoners and HIV/AIDS

A Memorial Prayer Day for prisoners who have died of and are living with HIV/AIDS, hosted by the SA Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR), was held at the Westville Prison in October 2002. Executive Director of SAPOHR, Derrick Mdluli, described the event as an opportunity for those who care not only to commemorate the AIDS-related deaths of inmates, but also to pray for those infected and affected in their communities.

Update on KZN HIV/AIDS grant

As the Global Fund prepares to disburse money to some of the projects approved during the first round of applications, it remains unclear whether people living with HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal will benefit from the US $72 million granted to the province nearly six months ago.

Calls for support of children's rights, health and welfare

In recognition of 6 November being International Children's Day, we have republished, with kind permission, three items featured in the October/November 2002 edition of ChildrenFIRST Journal (Vol 6 No. 45), with a specific focus on children and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

HIV/AIDS - the price our children pay

In recognition of 6 November being International Children's Day, we have republished, with kind permission, three items featured in the October/November 2002 edition of ChildrenFIRST Journal (Vol 6 No. 45), each with a specific focus on children and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.