South Africa urged to give way for co-treatment TB and HIV

By Miriam Mannak / for Inter Press ServiceDespite repeated calls for integrated HIV and tuberculosis (TB) health services from medical experts and AIDS activists, most of South Africa’s public health facilities...

Blunder in South African health dept costs Aids NGOs dearly

As a result of mismanagement within the South African Health Department, thirteen HIV/Aids organisations have been left severely underfunded. Some of them are even forced to retrench staff and stop some of their...

World Aids Day on my mind

Like most South Africans, I am wearing my red ribbon today. From business men to mothers, from university students to the girl behind the cashier at my local supermarket: World Aids Day seems to be on everyone's...

World Aids Day - One minute of silence

Not too long ago, I overheard a conversation. Two people were chatting about Aids, and about the attention the disease receives from the media."It seems they can't talk about nothing else then HIV and Aids. I...