The HIV/AIDS community of South Africa

Mobile app to help Indian women fight sex assault

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:21:00 +0200

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.
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Women want more access to female condoms

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:44:00 +0200

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.
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Youth urged to test for HIV

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:36:00 +0200

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.
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New HIV/Aids plan unveiled

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:30:00 +0200

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.
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Antenatal HIV prevalence up

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:03:00 +0200

A Department of Health survey has shown an increase of 0.8% in the HIV prevalence of antenatal women between 2009 and 2010.
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Get tested on World AIDS Day

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:42:00 +0200

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.
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Community pharmacies support those living with HIV/Aids

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:22:00 +0200

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.
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Researchers discover promising anti-HIV agents

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:38:00 +0200

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.
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Wits scientists working to neutralise HIV

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:18:00 +0200

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

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:47:00 +0200

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.
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