2010

Unicef says HIV-free generation achievable: Mail & Guardian Online - December 1, 2010; Kate Kelland; A generation of babies could be born free of Aids if the international community stepped up efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and social protection, the United Nations said on Tuesday. A report by the UN children s fund Unicef found that millions of women and children, particularly in poo
HIV prevention jeopardised by call for arrest of gays: Mail & Guardian Online - November 30, 2010; Gay Kenyans will be driven further underground and away from HIV prevention, treatment and care services following a recent call by Prime Minister Raila Odinga for a nationwide crackdown on homosexuals, activists say. Addressing a rally in Nairobi on November 28, Odinga ordered the police to arrest and bring criminal c
Social inequity behind female HIV prevalence: Mail & Guardian Online - November 26, 2010; Brian Brink*: Comment; The disproportionate burden of HIV/Aids borne by women and girls in most developing countries requires urgent attention. At the heart of the problem is profound gender inequality and inequity, coupled with the systematic disempowerment of women, condoned by society for generations. Although a global problem, it is part
UNAids report of the global Aids epidemic: Mail & Guardian Online - November 23, 2010; Faranaaz Parker; Efforts to curb the Aids pandemic are beginning to pay off and the world is beginning to see a reversal in the spread of the syndrome. This was revealed in a global report released by the United Nations on Thursday. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids (UNAids), the global number of people ne
Learn to love latex: Mail & Guardian Online - August 23, 2010; The Teacher and BroadReach Healthcare explain key facts about the HI virus in the third part of a series What is prevention? There are things we can do to help prevent HIV being transmitted from one person to another. One is to practise safer sex. Safer sex refers to sexual activities that don t involve any blood or se
UN acted in 'bad faith' over new women's agency: Mail & Guardian Online - July 24, 2010; Mara Kardas-Nelson; Women s rights advocates who spent years pushing for a United Nations women s agency celebrated earlier this month when secretary general Ban Ki-moon announced its creation on July 2. Meant to tackle all issues facing women and balance gender inequality, the agency is the first of its kind in the organisation s 65-year
'We can't fight this alone': Mail & Guardian Online - July 22, 2010; Faranaaz Parker; Next week researchers, policymakers and advocacy groups will converge on Vienna for the 18th International Aids Conference and once again all eyes will be on South Africa , a country with the highest Aids burden in the world and one that until recently has been the pariah of the Aids community. But times have changed.
Protesters ask US not to cut Aids funding: Mail & Guardian Online - June 17, 2010; Tarryn Harbour and Christina Gossmann; Traffic along Sandton drive was brought to a standstill as about 2 000 people marched from George Lea Park to the US consulate on Thursday. The march, led by the Treatment Action Campaign and Cosatu, was to deliver a memorandum to the US consulate demanding that the American government not cut funding for HIV/Aids trea
Warning against cuts in Aids funding: Mail & Guardian Online - June 16, 2010; Tarryn Harbour; Now is not the time to cut funding for HIV/Aids. This was the message that came out of a press conference on Tuesday, jointly held by Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), and the World Aids Campaign. These organisations, together with Sect
Sexy and stigma-free: Mail & Guardian Online - May 10, 2010; Sello Motseta; On a recent Saturday night, inside the fairgrounds on the border of Gaborone s central business district, 10 beauty contestants dressed in red evening gowns and traditional Tswana dresses took to the catwalk. It was not your typical beauty pageant. There were the bellowing vuvuzelas and the talent show in which contest
Sex talk a setback for Aids: Mail & Guardian Online - May 7, 2010; Faranaaz Parker; Alfred Mthombeni has no qualms about talking about sex with his three children. If you as a parent are free to talk about sex, your children will be free, he said, adding that he even takes condoms home from work, where they are distributed freely, and gives them to his children. He knows his status because he tests fo
Activists 'escorted' out of Tanzania: Mail & Guardian Online - May 6, 2010; Duduzile Mathebula; A group of Aids activists arrived in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon after attending meetings related to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Dar es Salam. They had been detained by Tanzanian authorities in the country s capital and escorted to the airport. I feel disappointed, said Paula Akugizibwe, advocate co-ordina
Testing times for Aids counsellors on campus: Mail & Guardian Online - January 15, 2010; Percy Mabandu and Karabo Keepile; As the year gets off to a steady start, Delta Tladi, an HIV/Aids counsellor at the Tshwane University of Technology, is preparing for a busy time. The Mail & Guardian spoke to Tladi at the university s Aids Consultancy Centre. Housed within the university s Directorate of Student Development and Support, Tladi says

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