MRC releases new report - Estimates of Provincial Mortality

South Africa's biggest killer is HIV/AIDS, according to a new Medical Research Council (MRC) report on cause-specific death rates for each of the nine provinces.

A circle of giving

Community Outreach volunteers attached to HIVANs Campus HIV/AIDS Support Unit at the University of KwaZulu-Natals Howard College campus held a fundraising event over two days in May 2005. Over R1 500 was collected from the sale of raffle tickets for patients and families at McCord Hospitals Sinikithemba Care Centre, and more than 15 bags of clothing were donated to the Hillcrest AIDS Trust Centre for their income-generation scheme.

Intersect Coalition Womens Festival: Linking Hands for Change

The 9 August is National Womens Day in South Africa. The KwaZulu-Natal Intersect Coalition which is being spearheaded by the KZN Network on Violence Against Women plans to host a womens celebration taking place at the Kings Park Soccer Stadium in which women will engage each other (and men) in activities like live musical, drama, poetry and story telling and etc.

Resources for promoting gender equality through education in the context of HIV/AIDS

Dr Robert Pattman recently spoke at a University of KwaZulu-Natal Gender Studies Seminar, held on 17 May 2005. Dr Pattman is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Resource - Youth Issues Paper 5 - Using Global Media to Reach Youth: The 2002 MTV Staying Alive Campaign

This paper presents results of the FHI/YouthNet evaluation of the 2002 global HIV-prevention campaign, "Staying Alive," which reached 800 million households.

WHO and the Gates Foundation team up against disease

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Bill Gates Foundation have agreed to jointly tackle HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by improving medical information systems in developing nations.

New ways of combating HIV/AIDS bear fruit

As young people continue to bear the brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a pilot project in South Africa's province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is working with families to teach children how to reduce risky behaviour before they reach puberty.

Volunteers doing their part in HIV/AIDS research

Aubrey Ngcobo, 34, of Dube, Soweto, is proud to have done something that may help end to HIV/AIDS.

HIV/AIDS vaccine handbook released

The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), a US-based NGO, has released a new publication to help the general public understand why an effective vaccine for the disease has been elusive.

Largest national HIV/AIDS conference taking place during June

South Africas biggest ever national meeting to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic takes place in Durban next week, when more than 4,000 delegates attend the 2nd South African AIDS Conference (ICC Durban, 7 – 10 June 2005).