Philippa Garson

Every Sunday afternoon Siyabonga Nkabinde walks 2km from his home for his half-hour weekly video-conferencing session.

<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/142915/aids_icon.gif" align=left>Researchers are expressing cautious optimism about several microbicide products. There are hopes that a gel that reduces — if not prevents — transmission rates by as much as 60% could be on the market by 2007. As with most microbicides under the microscope, these two products are entry inhibitors, preventing the virus from attaching to its target cells.

It will be a long time before the PWV’s new MEC for education can return to her first love — teaching, reports <b>Philippa Garson</b>.