Over 55 KZN teachers died every month in 2000

Over 680 teachers in KwaZulu-Natal - more than 55 a month - died in-service in 2000. Most died from unspecified illnesses, and the average age at the time of death was 36.

Counting the tea leaves: Business gets real about the cost of AIDS

Nine kilograms. That was the daily difference in tea leaves picked by a Kenyan tea plucker with HIV/AIDS in the last three months of his or her life and a healthy worker.

"We're unable to fulfil our Hippocratic Oath"

The following is an open letter by doctors in the public sector to Deputy-President Jacob Zuma, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin. We write as a group of doctors working at primary health-care clinics in the public sector.

South Africa's new bill will prioritise child rights

The Draft Children's Bill, to be tabled in Parliament for debate and passage during 2003, moves away from an emphasis on the welfare needs of children already experiencing abuse and neglect, and focuses on the need to prevent abuse and neglect from occurring and to support families to care for their children.

HIVAN researcher elected to MRC Vaccine Research executive

Nicola Stanley, a member of HIVAN's Networking and Research team, was voted onto the executive of the Community Advisory Board of the MRC's HIV Vaccine Research Unit earlier this month, and will serve as treasurer for the Board.

Award gives local HIV/AIDS film a flying start

A KZN-based production company is planning to turn its international award-winning short film, which approaches HIV/AIDS in a different light, into a full-length feature.

Intensive pre and post test HIV/AIDS counselling course

The Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), in partnership with the School of Psychology at the

Invitation to the 2003 Abstinence Walk launch

The H.O.P.E Centre is a Faith Based HIV/AIDS organization that is actively involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, Training and Care.

Babies with HIV/AIDS to get anti-retroviral treatment in Western Cape

Babies and children with HIV/AIDS in the Western Cape are set to get access to life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs.

Zackie Achmat's struggle takes him into world spotlight

He is already a hero for thousands of South Africans for his fight for the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS. Now Zackie Achmat is one of 35 people selected by Time magazine as one of the world's heroes.