Experts say AIDS infection rate unchanged

South Africa's newest HIV figures may show that the virus is spreading at a slower rate, but experts are sceptical about government claims that fewer teenagers are becoming infected.

'Infuriated' Dr No stalls AIDS funding to KZN

Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang plans to stall an R800-million grant to fight the AIDS pandemic in KwaZulu-Natal because "proper application procedures were not followed".

Government in Global AIDS Fund grant dispute

The South African government is allegedly trying to block a grant awarded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to the KwaZulu-Natal province, saying that the province should not have approached the fund directly.

School must give HIV+ girl another chance

The Buccleuch Montessori pre-school has been ordered by the Johannesburg High Court to "reconsider on merit" the application of a four-year-old HIV-positive girl.

New gender-rights training resource for health trainers

A new training curriculum "Transforming Health Systems: Gender and Rights in Reproductive Health" is now available from the World Health Organisation. "Transforming Health Systems" is the product of a five-year collaborative process between WHO, the South African Women's Health Project and the Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Number of orphans could grow, warns new report

At least 5.7 million children in South Africa could lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS by 2015 unless there are major interventions, the country's Medical Research Council (MRC) warned in a new report.

Africa faces dual tragedy as famine and AIDS strike in tandem

Hunger and AIDS are threatening sub-Saharan Africa on two fronts, working in tandem to endanger millions of lives and drive back development, according to the United Nations AIDS Programme.

Saving young lives with football

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and national football players in Mozambique celebrated Global Football Day for Children on Wednesday by educating young players about HIV/AIDS.

Bush's international mother & child HIV prevention initiative

President Bush announced a new $500 million International Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative that seeks to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mothers to infants and to improve health care delivery in Africa and the Caribbean.

Update on Zim's HIV/AIDS state of emergency

A month after Zimbabwe's government declared a state of emergency over HIV/AIDS to allow the importation and manufacture of generic drugs, not much action has been taken and there are still many unanswered questions, Zimbabwe's National Network for People living with HIV/AIDS (ZNNP+)told PlusNews.