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How Clive found his gift
Living with AIDS # 365

04.09.2008 Khopotso Bodibe

audio“HIV has probably been one of the biggest gifts that have ever been given to me” writes Clive Harvey Fox, a 51 year old Capetonian in his book, “Finding my Gift.”
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Celebrating life with HIV
Living with AIDS # 364

28.08.2008 Khopotso Bodibe

audioTen years after being diagnosed with HIV, Pholokgolo Ramothwala has stopped waiting for his death. Instead, he says he is looking after his health, hopes to stop drinking alcohol and is working on creating financial security for his children.
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US moves to allow HIV-positive immigrants
18.07.2008

textThe United States Senate has repealed the entry and immigration ban on HIV-positive non-citizens.
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It's all over for Rath
13.06.2008 Anso Thom

textThe Cape High Court landed the final nail in the coffin of vitamin salesman Matthias Rath’s South African operations and delivered a blow to organisations peddling untested remedies when it ruled that the German doctor’s clinical trials were unlawful.
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Men do want to test for HIV – NGO
10.06.2008 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioMen are generally known to be reluctant to test for HIV. But statistics collected by New Start, a non governmental organization working in getting people to test for HIV, suggest the opposite.
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Whites, Indians urged to participate in HIV survey
04.06.2008 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioThe Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has urged whites and Indians to take part in the third South African National HIV, Behavior and Health Survey, which is now underway. This follows past observations that the two racial groups do not want to participate in HIV surveys.
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ARVs saved lives – Madwaleni Hospital
11.12.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioThe arrival of the first batch of ARVs in June, 2005, at Madwaleni Hospital, in the rural area of Mbashe outside Mthatha, in the Eastern Cape, changed how health-care workers and the community view AIDS.
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Don't call us guinea pigs, say microbicide trialists
29.11.2007 Kerry Cullinan and Khopotso Bodibe

textIn a few week's time, results of a major Phase 3 microbicide trial will be released and the women who took part can't wait for the results
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AIDS denialist Brink calls Suresh Roberts a liar
13.11.2007 Kerry Cullinan

textAnthony Brink takes on Ronald Suresh Roberts over his portrayal of Mbeki’s views on HIV/AIDS
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Migrant workers fingered in the spread of HIV
30.10.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioThe spread of HIV/AIDS in rural areas has seen some people blaming migrant workers as being largely responsible for the spread of the pandemic.
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Some prefer death over testing
27.09.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioDespite long-running AIDS awareness campaigns by the government, non-governmental organizations and other civil society groupings, a great number of people still prefer to die a silent death than to go for an HIV test.
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NSP targets not only government targets - Mseleku
30.08.2007 Anso Thom

textThe National Strategic Plan (NSP) target to place another 120 000 adults and 70 000 children on antiretrovirals by the end of the year was not simply a government matter, Health department Director-General Thami Mseleku told journalists yesterday.
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The plight of AIDS orphans
20.08.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioThe government’s policy of not awarding foster care grants to undocumented orphans has come under the spotlight as the number of AIDS orphans continues to increase.
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HIV/AIDS in Ngwavuma
24.07.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioNgwavuma, in the north of KwaZulu-Natal province near the Swaziland border, has been hard-hit by HIV/AIDS. The resulting problem is the increase of children-headed households.
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SETA CEO suspended – allegedly for blowing the whistle on board
19.06.2007 Kerry Cullinan

textThe CEO of the R146-million Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) has been suspended, allegedly for “gross misconduct” – yet he claims it is because he questioned his board’s operations, particularly huge payments made to some board members.
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Is AIDS Denialism Defeated?
18.06.2007 Kerry Cullinan

textThe new urgency with which the government has started to address AIDS is like rain falling after a long drought. But it will take superhuman, united efforts to implement the country’s new HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan (NSP) and repair the damage done by years of government inaction, denial and simple incompetence.
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Health Minister was invited
07.06.2007 Anso Thom

textHealth minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was repeatedly invited to speak at Tuesday’s opening ceremony, organizers have revealed.
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Manto snubs Durban Aids Conference
06.06.2007 Anso Thom

textHardly back in her office after a lengthy lay-off and Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang immediately placed herself at odds with the AIDS community.
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Implementation key to AIDS success
06.06.2007 Anso Thom and Kerry Cullinan

textWhile South Africa has taken “giant leaps” by reaching consensus on a national response to HIV/AIDS for the next five years, the biggest challenge is its implementation, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told the third national AIDS conference at its opening last night (Tuesday).
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Leaders told to mind their language on HIV/AIDS
21.05.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioAmbiguous statements by political leaders about HIV/AIDS could cause massive damage to the response to the pandemic, Dr Donald Dickinson an Associate Professor at Wits Business School has said.
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Hospice gives hope to AIDS patients
08.05.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioThe spread of HIV /AIDS, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal province, has seen an increase of patients who receive home-based care from different hospices in the province.
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Zuzimpilo faces challenge to meet target
07.05.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audio The much talked about Johannesburg-based Zuzimpilo Medical Centre is experiencing difficulties in meeting its target of enrolling 1000 people on ARV treatment before the end of the year.
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State urged to settle in court case
25.04.2007 Anso Thom

textThe Treatment Action Campaign has publicly called on the deputy president and the acting health minister to settle the court case involving the civil society Aids group, doctors, government and vitamin salesman Matthias Rath.
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HIV now spreading fastest among rich and educated
30.01.2007 Khopotso Bodibe

textStartling new evidence from a three-year survey shows that HIV is now growing fastest among those who are wealthier and educated.
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The plight of AIDS orphans
20.01.2007 Mabutho Ngcobo

audioThe government’s policy of not awarding foster care grants to undocumented orphans has come under the spotlight as the number of AIDS orphans continues to increase.
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