Swaziland's uphill struggle for safe sex campaign

The first survey of Swazis' sexual behaviour and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS has found that high awareness of the pandemic has not translated into less risk-taking behaviour, and that HIV-positive people remain unwilling to admit their status.

Tanzanian Muslim leaders praised for leading by example

Senior Muslim figures from around Tanzania who recently underwent voluntary HIV tests were praised this week by health officials for "leading by example, rather than just talking about what people should do".

Stephen Lewis response to Bush AIDS pledge

Here we republish the response to President Bush's State of the Union address by Stephen Lewis, UN Secretary-Generals Special Envoy, HIV/AIDS in Africa:

Durban conference on demographic and socio-economic impact of AIDS

Notice of a Scientific Meeting to be held from 26th to 28th March 2003 in Durban, South Africa, entitled: "Empirical Evidence for the Demographic and Socio-Economic Impact of AIDS".

Tibetan doctor to visit Durban

Dr Tenzin Namdul, a senior member of the Medical & Astrological Institute in Dharamsala, India and a qualified doctor in the Tibetan healing tradition is visiting South Africa during February. He will be giving talks on "The Power of Tibetan Medicine" at various venues in KwaZulu-Natal.

Minister of Health speaks at the National STI/Condom Week Event

In many other countries, this week is only known as Condom Week. But here in South Africa, we have extended our campaign and called this a STI/Condom week.

Growing interest in the female condom

National STI/Condom Week kicked off in South Africa with an announcement that the government had distributed one million female condoms at 200 sites last year.

WFP and UNAIDS join forces against HIV/AIDS

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) formally joined forces to cope with the growing links between HIV/AIDS, regional food shortages and chronic hunger.

Durban man's legacy of love

Victor Daitz was a quiet Durban businessman who chose a life out of the limelight and was not one to boast about his achievements or his wealth. This could have been different, because the man who saw out the last of his 86 years in a flat in Cato Road, Durban, was worth more than R100 million. Daitz died in 1999, and this week hundreds of children in Ndwedwe, a rural area about 60k north of Durban, joined the many underprivileged who have celebrated his legacy.

Videotape resource - Just a Little Smile

A limited number of copies of "Just a Little Smile" is available for distribution to groups and networks working with young people and children affected by HIV/AIDS. This 25-minute, professionally made documentary was produced by Madoda Ncaciyana from Vuleka Productions in Durban, South Africa, as a pilot project to sensitise and train young people to respond to the psycho-social needs of vulnerable children and caregivers.