Archive for March, 2006

Censorship, or a victory in the fight against Aids?

Friday, March 17th, 2006

The Treatment Action Committee recently won an interim court order stopping vitamin peddlers and Aids dissidents at the Rath Health Foundation from saying that the TAC was funded by drug companies to promote their ARV treatments.
Those concerned about the impact of Aids and the destructive influence of Aids dissidents celebrated the TAC court victory. The […]

Guest blog: The art of spreading HIV/awareness through billboards

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

With HIV/AIDS infection rates ever increasing, awareness campaigns with alternative means of reaching people need to be developed.
South Africa has been the location for two mass media campaigns employing billboards as their communication tool: the “Break the Silence” art-based campaign and the loveLife advertising campaign.

A loveLife billboard situated flighted at the Montclair train station […]