Mobile app to help Indian women fight sex assault

NEW DELHI, INDIA: A smartphone app launched today, 21 December 2011, in the Indian capital Delhi aims to fight a rise in sexual assault cases by enabling women to immediately alert friends or family if they feel at risk. 21 Dec 2011 08:21

Women want more access to female condoms

[Gabi Khumalo] More access to female condoms, protection of commercial sex workers and access to HIV information for rural women were some of the requests given to Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe as the country marks World Aids Day. 1 Dec 2011 16:44

Youth urged to test for HIV

Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has called on young people leaving school and those in institutions of higher learning to get tested for HIV. 1 Dec 2011 16:36

New HIV/Aids plan unveiled

[Gabi Khumalo] President Jacob Zuma has launched the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV and Aids 2012 - 2016, which promises to do much more to tackle TB and issues of violence against women. 1 Dec 2011 16:30

Antenatal HIV prevalence up

[Gabi Khumalo] A Department of Health survey has shown an increase of 0.8% in the HIV prevalence of antenatal women between 2009 and 2010. 1 Dec 2011 10:03

Get tested on World AIDS Day

Don't assume, be sure and test for HIV. This is the message being communicated through Lancet Laboratories World AIDS Day campaign which aims to provide consumers with the opportunity to know their status and, at no extra cost, help someone else know their HIV status too. 29 Nov 2011 16:42

Community pharmacies support those living with HIV/Aids

Community pharmacies play an important role in lifting the burden that life threatening diseases such as HIV has on state healthcare, particularly with the renewed emphasis on wellness practises announced recently by provincial and national government. 29 Nov 2011 16:22

Researchers discover promising anti-HIV agents

[Eric Gershon] Researchers at Yale University have discovered new chemical compounds that prevent HIV from replicating in human T-cells. These compounds could result in new, highly effective HIV treatments that are 10 to 2000 times more potent than HIV drugs now on the market. 22 Nov 2011 16:38

Wits scientists working to neutralise HIV

Professor Caroline Tiemessen is attempting to understand why some individuals - referred to as elite controllers - are able to be HIV infected, but successfully suppress virus replication to undetectable levels. This is according to a report published on allAfrica.com. 14 Nov 2011 13:18

Non-communicable diseases: Africa must 'spend a lot more'

BERLIN, GERMANY: According to scidev.net, Olive Shisana, CEO of the South African Human Sciences Research Council, said at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany that infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, are expected to decline while non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes, will increase in Africa over the coming decades. 4 Nov 2011 11:47

Over 760 000 tested for HIV at New Start centres

Reputed to be South Africa's largest NGO HIV Counselling and Testing network, New Start has continued to make significant strides in the country's HCT efforts, with more than 760 000 having received HCT services at its centres around South Africa since the programme was launched in 2004. 20 Oct 2011 09:10

Judge Cameron honours Peer educators

The South African Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (SABCOHA) officially opened its inaugural Peer Educator Conference in Johannesburg this week. Opening the gala dinner, CEO at SABCOHA Brad Mears acknowledged the dedication and commitment of the peer educators who are often right at the face of HIV/AIDS. 7 Oct 2011 08:03

South Africa: A timeline of HIV/AIDS activism

JOHANNESBURG: In a new book, "Fighting for our Lives" the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), an HIV/AIDS lobby group, looks back on more than a decade of activism. IRIN/PlusNews presents a timeline of 12 years of highlights as the group translated action into wider access to HIV treatment: 5 Oct 2011 15:44

South Africa: Twelve years of the TAC fight

JOHANNESBURG: A new book looks back on more than a decade of the life of South African lobby group, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), whose brand of activism came to define the world's fight for HIV treatment and care. 5 Oct 2011 15:36