Flourishing on compassion

While politicians continue to debate the finer points of anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment, Durban's McCord Hospital is helping HIV positive people to earn a living and raise money to pay for their own treatment.

Global Fund money becomes available

South Africa's National HIV/AIDS Programme received a boost on Thursday with the signing of an agreement between the government and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, committing US $41 million to the country over two years.

Healers play an important part in KwaZulu-Natal

The Provincial HIV/AIDS Action Unit (PAAU) in KwaZulu-Natal has established one of the most successful HIV/AIDS partnerships with traditional healers.

UNAIDS and International Cricket Council join forces to fight HIV/AIDS

For the first time in cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has joined forces with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to take up the fight against HIV/AIDS in cricket playing countries, some of which are hardest hit by the epidemic.

HIV/AIDS and poverty - major challenges

A wide range of delegates, from government officials to community activists, packed the ICASA session on "HIV/AIDS and Poverty" on Tuesday (23 September 2003), all looking for answers to the dilemma of how poverty and HIV/AIDS are driving each other.

Conference offers solutions to impact of HIV/AIDS on education

At the end of a week-long conference in Swaziland, African educators and US representatives called for further cooperation between the private and public sectors in the fight against HIV/AIDS in schools.

Contest to mark debut of newly created annual Staying Alive award

MTV: Music Television, the world's largest television network, and OneWorld International, the leading online human rights network, announced today a global competition in the run up to World AIDS Day 2003 and the launch of the annual Staying Alive award.

Nelson Mandela dials up for HIV/AIDS

A new song performed by artists including Bono and commemorating Nelson Mandela's long imprisonment on Robben Island was launched on the web and telephone networks yesterday in the first phase of a global fund-raiser to rival Live Aid.

The Amangwe Village Project: an oasis for AIDS patients

A lack of funding for local municipalities to take up the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of a number of obstacles to combating a disease that could have dire consequences for South Africa: a predicted 1 850 000 orphans of AIDS in 12 years' time.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu endorses HIV/AIDS public service announcements

A series of twenty public service announcements called The Three Amigos is about to be launched as a groundbreaking HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, and has been endorsed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.