UNICEF Conference on children orphaned by HIV/AIDS - Speech by Stephen Lewis

The following is an excerpt from a speech given by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, to a UNICEF conference on children orphaned by AIDS in Barcelona on 07 February,2005.

Babiza's Story/Indaba ka Babiza - a review by children

The following is a review of Babiza's Story, as reviewed by 18-year old Nhlanhla Shazi. Babiza's Story was written by Siphelele Ndlovu and produced by UNESCO and HIVAN, as part of a series entitled €œBy Children For Children Through Books€.

HIVAN Post-graduate Research Grants in Ethnographic Research: 2005

The Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN) is offering a limited number of research grants to graduates in the Social and Behavioural Sciences in 2005. These positions have been made possible by a grant from the National Institutes for Health (NIH), USA.

Visit of Dr. Abigail Harrison to HIVAN

HIVAN is pleased to be able to welcome Dr. Abigail Harrison to visit from the 21st February to 8th March 2005. Abigail Harrison is a Research Fellow in the Department of Medicine, and Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, Providence, USA.

Sinakekele Children €“ Take Good Care of Us

Sinakekele Children is a ministry and Non-Profit Organisation concerned with caring for abandoned babies and children, many of whom are directly affected by HIV/AIDS.

The World Bank And SABCOHA Launch Guidelines For Business Coalitions Against HIV/AIDS

The World Bank and the South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (SABCOHA) today (10 February 2005) launched guidelines for building business coalitions against HIV/AIDS throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

More for the poor - Budget 2005

A priority over the decade ahead will be to ensure that a caring and competently managed health service is available in every community, Finance minister Trevor Manuel told Parliament during his presentation of the 2005 budget. A huge chunk of the Budget was allocated to welfare spending. Health-e captures the health-related highlights in the new Budget.

Babiza's Story/Indaba Ka Babiza - A UNESCO/HIVAN publication

As the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in our country strip away the physical and emotional structures of families and neighbourhoods, we find children, single or in groups, striving to maintain stable and safe households.

HIV/AIDS efforts "redoubled" in KwaZulu-Natal province

South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province has announced plans to increase the number of people on anti-AIDS treatment from 5,000 to 30,000 by March 2006.

Some township truths for the Brits

Nompilo Xaba is wearing a very large polo neck. Sitting in the London offices of BBC Radio Five Live with eager news hounds bustling around her, she seems perfectly at home. Only 24 hours earlier she left her home in Umlazi for the first time in her life. €œIt€™s so cold,€ she says, €œbut if everyone here can survive these temperatures, so can I.€