Health

By Luyanda Makapela

Johannesburg - "Knowing my status Kuyangiphilisa (gives me life)" is the phrase driving the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality's campaign focusing on the importance of regular voluntary counselling and testing for HIV.

Speaking at the launch of the campaign on Friday at the Germiston Civic Centre Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health, Isaac Bangilizwe explained the significance of the campaign.

"As Ekurhuleni, ...

New York – Addressing the 17th International AIDS Conference currently underway in Mexico, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for bolstered global efforts to tackle HIV and AIDS.

He said the virus impeded economic development and that discrimination against people living with HIV remained widespread.

“Most countries still have a long way to go to meet the goal set two years ago at the General Assembly to move towards universal access ...

By Proffesor Ndawonde

Mexico - HIV and AIDS experts attending the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico have examined the recent progress made towards treating people living with HIV and AIDS and prevention programmes.
They have called for sustained action to eliminate the barriers to universal access.

The panel of global researchers, public health and civil society leaders on Monday presented their perspectives on recent advancements and ...

TZANEEN, 5 August 2008 (IRIN) - When Steve Matlhabela, 16, left his home on a chilly June morning to visit some relatives in a village not far from his in the rolling hills outside the town of Tzaneen, in South Africa's Limpopo Province, he didn't expect that it would be a month before he returned.

At his relative's village Steve met a boy he knew, who invited him to go see a movie. Steve agreed and they walked for some distance before reaching a remote camp where it soon became ...

By Proffesor Ndawonde

Mexico – Opening its exhibition stall at the 27th International AIDS Conference in Mexico, government said although it had made many achievements in its response to the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS, there was still a lot of work to do.

Deputy Minister for Social Development Jean Swanson-Jacobs said for instance, government needed to make HIV prevention more effective.

She said it was this realisation ...