More than 40 000 of 350 000 South African teachers are living with HIV/Aids, says a World Bank report.
The health minister is to petition the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal against a compulsion order issued by the Pretoria High Court.
The late presidential spokesperson Parks Mankahlana did die of an Aids-related ailment, says a document that is being sent out by the ANC.
Gay men receive little attention in sexual health and HIV/Aids programmes even though there is a high risk of HIV infection.
The trucking industry, whose rates in the spread of HIV/Aids in Southern Africa are among the worst, is being targeted.
Former President Nelson Mandela is being careful not to offend the Thabo Mbeki with his comments on Aids.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has received a Commonwealth award for action on HIV/Aids.
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/ 28 February 2002
The UN International Narcotics Control Board says that the number of people injecting heroin in SA has risen by 40% over the past three years.
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/ 21 February 2002
An integrated HIV/Aids research entity has been proposed by Wits, which will bring together all the research work being undertaken at the university.
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/ 31 January 2002
The TAC has called on the Eastern Cape to administer ARV drug nevirapine to HIV-positive mothers.
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/ 24 January 2002
The minister of health was sruprised by KZN Premier Lionel Mtshali’s announcement that ARV nevirapine would be administered as an emergency measure.
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/ 22 January 2002
The South African Medical Research Council has been awarded R270-million to develop a vaginal microbicide for the prevention of HIV transmission.
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/ 10 January 2002
SA will not meet the targeted 80% to 85% TB cure rate set by the World Health Organisation because of Aids.
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/ 13 December 2001
Western Cape Premier Peter Marais confirmed that the province will continue to provide ARVs, including nevirapine, to HIV-positive pregnant women.
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/ 6 December 2001
The Medical Research Council said South Africa’s first HIV/Aids vaccine trials may start as early as February next year.
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/ 29 November 2001
The UN estimates that five million people became infected with HIV this year and that worldwide 40-million people are living with the virus.
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/ 15 November 2001
Badges costing R5 will be sold at Absa branches to raise money for children affected by HIV/Aids.
Excluding HIV-positive pupils from school is unlawful and unconstitutional, Minister of Education Kader Asmal has said.
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/ 27 September 2001
Hundreds of Capetonians last Saturday bade farewell to five-year-old Sibongile Mazeka.
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/ 13 September 2001
Botswana, Brazil, Thailand and Uganda were given awards for their actions against Aids.
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/ 6 September 2001
Governments across the world must pass laws that forbid discrimination against people with HIV, executive director of UNAids Dr Peter Piot said.
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