HIV/AIDS reporting

Churches slow response to AIDS a sin of ‘grand porportions’

"A sin of grand proportions" is how Anglican Archbiship Njongonkulu Ndungane has described the slow response of church leaders to the needs of people with HIV/AIDS. Opening a workshop of faith-based communities from nine southern African countries, Njongonkulu said churches needed to acknowledge the sin of omission in their response to the pandemic.
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World Summit: developed world asked to honour promises

Debt cancellation, poverty relief and health improvement are key elements that should form part of the World Summit on Sustainable Development to be held in Johannesburg in August. This was the call by health ministers from the Southern African Development Community who ended a two-day meeting on Tuesday with representatives from China, India, Indonesia and the USA.
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Health ministers want health high on World Summit agenda

A meeting between SADC health ministers and E9 countries to plan for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in August has stressed that investing in health is a key driving force in economic development. A WHO study shows that through spending $66 billion on a global programme of key health interventions, the gain in terms of productivity, growth and social contribution would be about $360 billion - a six fold return.
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Private sector fails when it comes to sexually transmitted infections

The widespread presence of STIs in South Africa is one of the driving forces behind the spread of the Aids epidemic. If sexually transmitted infections are treated correctly, the rate of new HIV infections can be halved. Contrary to general expectation, the best place to go for effective treatment of an STI is a public sector clinic. The private sector has a poor track record when it comes to successfully treating STIs. At a recent workshop in Johannesburg, doctors and researchers met to find ways to improve the private sector's peformance when it comes to treating STIs.
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