Drugs protect breast-fed babies - study

Results of the first study to demonstrate protection in newborn infants against HIV transmission from breastfeeding by their HIV-positive mothers show a dramatically lowered risk of HIV transmission to babies taking either of two drugs during the entire breast-feeding period.

"Drowning in the sea of sex"€“ communications, counselling & compassion

Tesfagabir Tesfu did not set out to become involved with HIV/AIDS pre- and post-test counselling when he came to the University of KwaZulu-Natal€™s Durban campus from Eritrea nearly 18 months ago. He had been a reporter in his country€™s Ministry of Information for over two years after graduating with a BA in English, when his employers offered him a bursary to study for a Master€™s degree in €œHealth Promotion through Entertainment-Education€ at UND€™s Centre for Culture, Communication and Media Studies.

TAC to provide anti-retrovirals in Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) plans to provide anti-retroviral medicine to HIV-positive people in KwaZulu-Natal, but has warned the government not to shirk its responsibility to save lives.

New publication from Southern African AIDS Training Programme

Southern African AIDS Training Programme (SAT) is pleased to announce their latest publication -"Counselling Guidelines on Stress Management". This is the eighth in a series of Counselling Guidelines.

Youth engaging in risky behaviour, report finds

Calls for youngsters to delay their first sexual experience - one of the pillars of the state's strategy to control the spread of HIV/AIDS - are clearly not working.

When your domestic worker needs anti-retroviral therapy

Employers are increasingly buying vitamin pills, nutritious food - and even anti-retroviral drugs - for their HIV-positive domestic workers and gardeners.

HIV/AIDS pandemic will be far more devastating than previously thought

The economic impact of HIV/AIDS would be far more devastating than previously thought, said a report released yesterday by the World Bank.

Act on HIV/AIDS or face collapse, South Africa told

HIV/AIDS might have already pushed South Africa to the brink of a progressive economic collapse, a new World Bank study, released internationally yesterday, has shown.

Spoornet lays the track for HIV treatment

Anti-retroviral therapy will be made available to the employees of Spoornet for the implementation of a pilot project aimed at enhancing the ability of HIV-infected employees to remain productive in the workplace.

The 'sugar daddy' phenomenon

Three teenage girls from a local high school in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic hub, were gathered in a local NGO office on Wednesday after watching an educational play on HIV/AIDS. The topic of discussion had generated a heated debate among the girls, and they were eager to share their thoughts on "sugar daddies".