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Millennium Development Goals - Africa’s report card
In the year 2000, leaders of 189 nations signed the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations, pledging to free their people from poverty, illiteracy and ill-health. This commitment gave rise to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the target date for which is 2015:IN THE NEWS: Gays and lesbians, speak up!
More than 100 gay men and women demanded respect for their human rights from their communities over the weekend. This happened after they were invited to speak about Aids at an awareness event.IN THE NEWS: World TB Day helps fight the pandemic
World Tuberculosis Day will be commemorated by the City of Cape Town today when patients and staff will be honoured after a cure rate of 83% was achieved. The City will be issuing certificates to multidrug resistant TB patients who have completed their course of treatment today and will honour staff members and NGOs at a special ceremony tomorrow.ANALYSIS: Dailies should offer valuable HIV-coverage
At the end of last week the ANC announced its intentions to make HIV a notifiable disease. The divergent approaches taken by two news outlets covering the issue suggests that a major disparity exists in the quality of journalism between weekly and daily papers.IN THE NEWS: Budget Speech 2012
The budget speech for 2012 sees approximately the following as highlights to the health sector. R121.9 billion allocated to health - an extra R12.3 billion for the next 3 years. R6 billion more to fund the National Health Insurance (NHI) in 2014/2015. R968 million extra over 3 years for ARV treatment at CD4 threshold of 350IN THE NEWS: The State of our Nation
The State of the Nation Address is used to by the president of the republic every year to share the government's progress and inform the public of its plans for the year ahead. It's a platform to take stock of the previous year's achievements and chart a common direction for the country.32 year knockout for risky behaviour
A man from the city of Cincinnati has been slapped with a 32 year prison sentence after failing to disclose his HIV status to numerous sexual partners as reported by The Star. According to Cincinnati and Ohio state law, failure to disclose ones status is a criminal offence as it puts the lives of sexual partners at risk.Government unveils the latest NSP
Much of the post-World AIDS Day Media coverage was dedicated to the new National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs and media reports have focused on the main goals, key interventions and the whopping R130-billion budget laid out in the plan.
On World AIDS Day President Jacob Zuma unveiled the latest National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs 2012-2016 to a 5000 strong crowd at Wolfson stadium in Port Elizabeth.
AIDS a factor in slowing of population growth
Reports that population growth is slowing and that AIDS-related deaths remain a contributing factor illustrates that there are still HIV-related challenges that need to be addressed.
Art has been proven to dramatically increase the number of healthy and productive years that an HIV-positive person can live.
ART, lies and videotape
It is estimated that over 300, 000 HIV-positive South Africans who could have lived long and healthy lives on ART, died from the effects of uncontrolled HIV infection, during the Mbeki-Manto HIV misinformation era.
The TAC’s campaign which fought and eventually won out against this menace is the subject of ‘TAC-Taking Haart’ a film reviewed in today’s Mail & Guardian by Shaun de Waal.
