Honouring struggle doctors

At the centre of the old black-and-white photograph a woman stands defiant. She is wearing an old-fashioned floppy straw hat, the sort reminiscent of a day on the beach or a stroll through the rose garden in the 60s.

Sports day heroes show benefits of ARVs

They may not be quite Olympic track quality, but the two little HIV-positive girls who came first and second in the 60m race at their school sports day have surely scored an even bigger triumph.

Deeper than the surface

[On the eve of International Women's Day, Liz Clarke spoke to a doctor who is committed to unravelling the intricate workings of the skin and taking her knowledge to the rural heartlands of KwaZulu-Natal.]

ARV programme to go where none have before

South Africa's anti-retroviral programme will be the largest public health intervention of its kind that the world has yet seen.

Million men march - call for participants

Saturday, 27 March 2004 has been set as the date for the Million Men March in Durban, South Africa.

HIVAN coastal community HIV/AIDS Fora

The Verulam Child and Family Welfare Society was the venue for the launch of a new HIVAN HIV/AIDS Forum series for KZN’s North Coast communities, held on the 11th March 2004.

FBO’S Out and About

February has been a busy month in the FBO sector, with a number of conferences, workshops and book launches. The PACSA (Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness) Conference on HIV/AIDS, Gender and Poverty took place on 17 – 18th February. The conference gave voice to community-based practitioners, highlighted best practices, worked through challenges and called for a deeper commitment from Church and Government to the needs of those affect and infected in the province. A clear call was sounded to the Church to take a stand for HIV/AIDS.

Thandanani Childrens Foundation: Campaign for "Your Right"

Thandanani Childrens Foundation is a strong advocate for children’s rights and has a full time Advocacy Officer. The current campaign, "YOUR RIGHT" encourages caretakers and young people to make the effort to obtain birth certificates and identity documents. Throughout the campaign we will be outlining how to go about obtaining these important documents and explaining the impact on one’s life of not having these documents available. We are working in close cooperation with The Department of Home Affairs.

Teenager positive about life and friendship

Nontobeko Zwane and Jennifer Wolf were best friends. But 18-year-old Zwane had a secret she feared would put an end to their friendship. One day she decided to speak, sat her friend down and told her: "I'm HIV-positive."

ARV rollout in Gauteng brings hope

Melita Sekhotho has vowed to be first in line when anti-AIDS drugs are finally dished out on April 1. The long-awaited rollout of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) in Gauteng, which was announced on Tuesday by Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa, was welcomed by all - especially those whose lives hang in the balance.