The HIV/AIDS community of Africa

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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Journalists meet to integrate gender and population into climate issues

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:18:00 +0200

Malawi's Journalists Association Against AIDS (JournAIDS) with support from Population Action International (PAI) is implementing a climate change advocacy project in Malawi with an aim of integrating gender and population into climate issues in the country.
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Global SMS traffic to reach 8.7 trillion in 2015

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:28:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: According to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media, SMS will remain a significant source of revenues and traffic for mobile operators on a global basis until at least 2015. The company reckons SMS traffic growth will be driven by enterprise, emerging markets and social networks.
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Bono lights up Sydney on World AIDS Day

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:18:00 +0200

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: In 2009, nearly half a million children were born with HIV. (RED) aims to reduce this figure to zero, with the first AIDS free generation born in 2015. To highlight this message, (RED) aimed to turn the entire world red - online and offline.
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Unilever to halve CO2 impact

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:17:00 +0200

Unilever has announced plans to halve the environmental footprint of its products by 2020, to help 1 billion people improve their health and well-being and to source all of its agricultural raw materials sustainably.
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Standard Bank HIV/Aids programme benefits thousands

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:57:00 +0200

Standard Bank's HIV/Aids programmes have touched the lives of an estimated 160 000 Standard Bank employees and their families, says Sim Tshabalala, the bank's chief executive.
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Exploring how the arts can heal Africa

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:37:00 +0200

How can the arts be used to empower and heal African communities? This crucial issue will be discussed during the Drama for Life Africa Research Conference, taking place at Wits University from 26 to 28 August 2010.
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Footballers support Comic Relief campaign

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:31:00 +0200

African and English footballers have lent their support to a series of public education films produced on behalf of Comic Relief, the UK-based charity, being broadcast across Africa. The series of 10 short films featuring teams or individual players focus on malaria, HIV/AIDS and education.
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State of ICT in NGOs released

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:58:00 +0200

The State of ICT in South African NGOs 2009, was released yesterday Thursday 15 October 2009, by market research organisation, World Wide Worx and NGO technology facilitator SANGONeT.
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IRIN launches Heroes of HIV film series

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:56:00 +0200

IRIN Films has announced the launch of Heroes of HIV - series of short films on HIV/AIDS. Heroes of HIV profiles people involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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