Press Releases/Statements |
| Activists call on governments and NGOs to speed up march to equality |
| 25 August 2010-(genderlinks)-With only five years to go for governments to meet the 28 targets in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development, activists have given a 54% progress rating, down one percent from a baseline study last year. Country scores ranged from 79% in Namibia to 38% in Zimbabwe. |
| Message of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid on World Humanitarian Day |
Today, on World Humanitarian Day, UNFPA pays tribute to humanitarian aid workers who risk their lives to save the lives of others. In the past 10 years, aid workers have come under increasing fire as they strive to provide assistance and support to individuals and communities affected by crisis.
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| New HIV Treatment Guidelines Indicate Importance Of Early, Individualized Antiretroviral Treatment MedicalNews |
3 August 2010-(Medical News)-Advances in antiretroviral treatment (ART) have shown that the progressive immune system destruction caused by HIV infection, including AIDS, can be prevented, indicating the importance of beginning ART early, when a person with HIV infection is without symptoms, according to the 2010 recommendations of the International AIDS Society-USA Panel, published in the July 21 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS. This shift to earlier therapy is made possible by the increased understanding of the negative consequences of ongoing HIV replication and the development of newer drugs providing the potential for potent viral suppression in initial and subsequent therapy. |
| Press Release: Study of Microbicide Gel Shows Reduced Risk of HIV & Herpes Infection in Women |
VIENNA, AUSTRIA -(CAPRISA/FHI/CONRAD)- Researchers have achieved an important scientific breakthrough in the fight against HIV and genital herpes with a vaginal gel that significantly reduces a woman's risk of being infected with these viruses. The results of the ground-breaking safety and effectiveness study of an antiretroviral microbicide gel study were reported today by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. |
| African leaders must act now to save the lives of mothers, newborns and children, say people’s organisations from across the continent |
| Today marks the start of a three-day meeting in Kampala, Uganda, of groups demanding urgent progress on health – and calling on African leaders to keep the promises made by governments of the world to dramatically reduce the needless deaths of mothers, their newborns and children. |
| Cash grants for orphans and other vulnerable children – One year on |
| On 13 July 2010, the new Ambassador of the European Commission, H.E. Hans Duynhouwer, UNICEF Deputy Representative Dr. Naqib Safi and Director Social Welfare MOHSW, Ms. Limakatso Chisepo, will be witnessing progress made on the Lesotho Child Grants Programme, during the cash disbursement in Semonkong. |
MESSAGE ON WORLD POPULATION DAY
by the UN Secretary General |
| This year, some 60 countries are collecting data and counting people as part of the 2010 census process. A census is the only statistical operation that covers the whole population and all areas of a country. UNFPA – the United Nations Population Fund – and other partners are supporting this massive effort in many parts of the world. |
Message for World Population Day 2010
Everyone Counts by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director |
| As we commemorate World Population Day, “Everyone Counts” is a theme that speaks to the inherent value and dignity of each human being. |
Zimbabwe to Launch CARMMA: No Woman Should Die While
Giving Life! |
| ZIMBABWE-29 June 2010-(CARMMA Media)-The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, in collaboration with its development partners, will be launching the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) under the theme “Zimbabwe Cares: No Woman Should Die While Giving Life!” on the 30th of June 2010. |
| Canadian Union of Public Employees and World AIDS Campaign Demand the G8 Honors Its Promise to Deliver on HIV Funding |
| Toronto – 28 June 2010-(WAC)-The World AIDS Campaign (WAC) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) delivered a letter to PM Stephen Harper ahead of the G8/G20 summit highlighting the failure of the G8 to live up to its foreign aid promises and demanding a new costed, time bound plan to deliver universal access to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support. |
| Families at the heart of the matter: children affected by HIV/AIDS |
| 24 June 2010-(JISA)-AIDS is fundamentally a family disease: infections run through families, families carry the burdens of infection, and growing evidence suggests that family-centred approaches to prevention and treatment are particularly effective. |
| World leaders are called upon to take action against AIDS Funding Crisis |
| Toronto-23 June 2010- At the Gleneagles G8 Summit in 2005, the G8 countries committed themselves to providing Africa with $25 billion additional dollars by 2010. |
| Message for International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
| VIENNA, 22 June (UN Information Service) - As we prepare for this September's United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, we must recognize the major impediment to development posed by drug abuse and illicit trafficking. As this year's theme stresses, it is time to "Think Health, Not Drugs". |
| Statement by Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Homophobia |
JOHANNESBURG, 22 June 2010-In Africa, a step backward on human rights
Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity -- or because of their sexual orientation |
| Zambia Launches Campaign On Accelerated Reduction Of Maternal Mortality In Africa |
| LUSAKA -16 June 2010-Republican President Rupiah Banda has directed the Ministry of Health to partner with relevant stakeholders to enhance maternal and child survival in the country. President Banda says the working group, which must include the Ministries of Finance, Works and Supply, and Community Development among others, must seek a broad coalition of partners in the Campaign for Reduced Maternal Mortality. |
| UNAIDS launches ‘red card’ campaign against HIV |
New global initiative at the FIFA World Cup 2010 shines spotlight on the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
JOHANNESBURG, June 2010— A new campaign is using the power and outreach of football to unite the world around a common cause—preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to child. Launched in South Africa by the UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, Kirsten Nematandani, President of the South African Football Association, international musician Akon, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador and producer of the World Cup opening ceremony, Lebo M and UNAIDS National Goodwill Ambassador, Jimmie Earl Perry. The campaign aims to ensure an HIV-free generation by the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Africa Goal |
| Harare, 31 May 2010-(SAfAIDS)-In 2010 the FIFA World Cup will be hosted in South Africa. People from all over Africa and abroad, from different cultures, backgrounds and countries, will come together to support their favourite teams, share in the excitement of the football matches and to celebrate the event. This is the first time that the World Cup is being hosted in Africa, making it a truly momentous occasion for the continent. |
| African Activists Decry Backtracking on Health Funding Commitments at Opening of World Economic Forum on Africa African Civil Society Activists |
| Dar es Salaam - 06 May 2010-Donors and African governments are making callous and unwise decisions on funding commitments to HIV and global health, according to a group of African health and human rights activists gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to carry out strategic planning and advocacy in the lead-up to the World Economic Forum on Africa from 5-7 May. |
| GLOBAL FUND BOARD CONFIRMS NEW FUNDING ROUND |
| GENEVA – 06 May 2010-The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria confirmed on Friday the launch of its tenth call for proposals for 20 May 2010. This call is key for countries to continue making progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals. |
| MISA Zimbabwe Statement on World Pres Freedom Day 2010 |
| On 3 May 2010 Zimbabweans join the rest of the world in commemorating World Press Freedom Day set by the United Nations to raise awareness on the importance of media freedom and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Message from UNESCO on World Press Freedom Day, 3 May by UNESCO Director-General Ms Irina Bokova |
This World Press Freedom Day, whose theme is Freedom of Information, offers us an occasion to remember the importance of our right to know.
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| World Cup and HIV: "Africa wins everytime you prevent HIV": The Africa Goal Launch in Zimbabwe SAfAIDS & Africa Goal |
| Harare, 04 May 2010-(SAfAIDS Media)- It was with much enthusiasm and excitement that the Africa Goal 2010 Project was launched in Zimbabwe last week. The project is an HIV initiative which harnesses the potential of the FIFA World Cup as a platform for HIV Information Dissemination. |
| World Health Day (7th April): 2010 is Year of the Lungs |
| 7 April 2010- (Citizen News)-The year 2010 was declared as year of the lungs to recognize that hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable and preventable chronic respiratory diseases. This initiative acknowledges that lung health has long been neglected in public discourses, and understands the need to unify different health advocates behind one purpose of lung health, informed Dr Nils Billo, Chair of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS). |
UNICEF Executive Director, Ms. Ann Veneman,
to visit Lesotho |
| The Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ms. Ann Veneman, will be visiting the Kingdom of Lesotho from Tuesday 06th to Thursday 08th of April 2010. |
| Africa Not On Track To Halve Poverty By 2015 |
| 30 March 2010-(Medical News)-U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Abdoulie Janneh said the global economic downturn will keep Africa from meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving poverty by 2015, Reuters reports. According to the news service, "Africa was thought to be largely insulated against the worst effects of the global economic crisis but saw healthy growth projections slashed due to the crisis." |
| Africa Goal Campaign: An Innovative Combination of the 2010 World Cup fun with preventing HIV in Africa. |
| Pretoria, South Africa, 23 March 2010 (SAfAIDS Media)-For the first time that the World Cup is being played in Africa, the ‘AIDS Highway’ will witness a spectacular combination of the screening of the matches in conjunction with the screening of HIV and AIDS information videos from June 11th to 11th July 2010. The long journey will start along the AIDS Highway (From Kenya, to Johannesburg), where increased mobility and migration in conjunction with rising disposable incomes and the associated escalation of transactional sex are major contributors to the spread of HIV through the region. |
| GENDER JUSTICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUMMIT |
| Johannesburg-22 March 2010-Gender Links-Approximately 200 participants from ten Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries will converge in Johannesburg (Parktonian Hotel), South Africa from 22-24 March 2010 for the first ever Gender Justice and Local Government Summit. Taking place on the eve of Human Rights Day in South Africa and Namibia’s 20th anniversary of independence, the event is aimed at showcasing best practices led by local councillors and community activists for empowering women and ending gender violence. |
| Call for Fourth Award of Excellence announced |
The African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the fourth Annual Award for Excellence in HIV and AIDS Communication in Africa.
Deadline for nominations is May 15 2010. |
| SAfAIDS release on GF success and calls for commitment |
| Pretoria, 12 March 2010-(SAfAIDS Media)- Imagine a situation where all HIV positive pregnant mothers in the world give birth to negative children. Malaria is eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries, and tuberculosis prevalence is halved internationally by 2015. This might seem far-fetched especially in the developing world, but it is possible if current rates of progress by The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria supported programs and other efforts are maintained and scaled up. |
‘The HIV / Culture Confluence: Changing the River’s Flow - Possibilities and Challenges’
A Regional Conference on HIV Prevention |
| Pretoria, South Africa, 03 March February 2010 (SAfAIDS Media) – Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS), with support from the MDG3 Fund, will be hosting a regional conference on the strategic linkages between HIV, gender and culture. |
| Global Campaign for Microbicides Statement of Support for MDP301 Trial |
| 02 March 2010-(Global Campaign for Microbicides of support for MDP301 Trial Global Camapign for Microbicides)- The recent attention to microbicides clinical testing in Zambia prompted us to confirm our commitment to the HIV-prevention research and development field and to encourage others to join us in supporting next-generation products in the pipeline. |
| Television drama on multiple relationships on ZBC TV soon |
| Harare, Zimbabwe, 15 February 2010-(ACTION)- A new television drama exposing the complexities around multiple relationships and love in a time of HIV and AIDS, will be aired on the ZBC TV soon. The television drama was launched through a “march” last week. |
| UNAIDS Executive Director vists high HIV burdened countries in southern Africa |
| The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Mr Michel Sidibe, will be embarking on a multi-country visit to three of the hyper-endemic countries in Southern Africa. The visit will commence in Swaziland from 14 – 16 February 2010, Botswana on 17 -18 February 2010 and South Africa 19 February 2010. |
PLHIV geared to have their voices included in the Constitution making process |
Zimbabwe – Harare – 26 January 2010 (SAfAIDS) - As the nation gears itself for the constitutional reform process, the Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV (ZNNP+) with technical support from the Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) has embarked on a national consultative process that seeks to ensure that the concerns of people living with HIV (PLHIV), particularly women and young people, are included in the constitution making process. |
UN Secretary-General applauds the removal of entry restrictions based on HIV status by United States of America and Republic of Korea |
GENEVA - WASHINGTON DC- 4 January 2010 - UNAIDS strongly welcomes the elimination of travel restrictions based on HIV status by the Republic of Korea, effective 1 January 2010. It also commends the United States for full implementation of the final rule that removes entry restrictions which means that travellers living with HIV can freely enter the United States of America as of today.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated President Lee Myung-bak on the Republic of Korea’s decision. “I applaud President Lee for his country’s leadership in ending restrictions towards people living with HIV that have no public health benefit,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. |
| New UNAIDS Data released: 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update UNAIDS |
| GENEVA / SHANGHAI, 15 December 2009 – According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17% over the past eight years. Since 2001, when the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS was signed, the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 15% lower, which is about 400,000 fewer infections in 2008. |
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Harare Zimbabwe-14 December 2009-(SAfAIDS)-The National Partnership Platform, an information, dialogue and advocacy platform on HIV and TB in Zimbabwe will tomorrow (15 December 2009) host a Discussion Forum to explore the barriers to achieving universal access to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment and care by 2010. |
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| Harare, December 9, 2009 -The Emmy Award winning actress and Population Services International (PSI) Ambassador, Debra Messing, is currently visiting Zimbabwe, and will attend the ninth presentation of the Auxillia Chimusoro HIV and AIDS Awards on December 10. |
UNIVERSAL ACCESS WON’T BE ACHIEVED IF WOMEN DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES |
In response to the World AIDS Day 2009 theme 'Universal Access and Human Rights', the Women WON’T wait. End HIV and Violence Against Women. NOW Campaign urges all to advocate for an essential package of services to be part of the integrated response to HIV and violence against women and girls. |
MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION
OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN |
| In the ten years since the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the circle of engagement has widened. More groups and individuals, including men and boys, are getting involved in efforts to prevent and address this heinous violation of women’s human rights. There has also been significant progress at the national level as many countries have adopted laws and comprehensive action plans. |
Murewa community launches OneLove Campaign |
Murewa district in Mashonaland East province, is launching an HIV prevention campaign called OneLove and this becomes the first time that the programme is being launched at community level in Zimbabwe. |
| UNIFEM Launches Global Action Platform to End Violence against Women |
| Nairobi, Kenya — 11 November 2009 - United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today launched the global advocacy initiative Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women, which will stimulate, count and showcase actions on ending violence against women. The innovative platform will spotlight global efforts and demonstrate the groundswell of support and actions on the issue. |
SAfAIDS launches HIV information kiosk |
Harare - 13 October 2009 - Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) in partnership with the Matabeleland AIDS Council (MAC) will, on Thursday, the 15th of October, launch an HIV information kiosk in Plumtree to respond to the HIV information needs of people in Matabeleland South province. |
“Taking Forward the National Community Home Based Care Programme in Zimbabwe” |
Harare, Zimbabwe - 07 October 2009 - Southern African HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) in collaboration with Irish Aid and Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN) will next week hold a meeting for policy makers, donors, international organisations and practitioners in the field of community home-based care, to look at the successes and challenges of home-based care in Zimbabwe over the past 10 years. |
| VOICE Study, a major HIV prevention trial for women, is launched in Zimbabwe |
Testing ARVs as prevention instead of treatment
PITTSBURGH -16 September 2009 – Microbicide Trial Network – Hopeful that some of the same antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat HIV infection can also prevent it, researchers from the Microbicide Trials Network have enrolled the first participants into a new, large-scale clinical trial testing two approaches of the strategy in women. |
| SAfAIDS to hold meeting on sexual health rights in Malawi |
| Pretoria, South Africa -21 August 2009- (SAfAIDS)- Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) will next week hold a meeting for government, civil society and the private sector to accelerate the implementation of the Maputo Plan of Action in Malawi |
| SAfAIDS hosts MCP Discussion Forum |
| Harare, Zimbabwe, 13 August 2009-Southern African HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) will next week host a discussion forum (DF) for government, civil society, the media and traditional leaders under the theme “Addressing Multiple Concurrent Partnerships.” |
| Farm workers to Benefit from new HIV Prevention and Care project |
| SOUTH AFRICA –13 August 2009- (IOM)-IOM and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are this week to launch Ripfumelo, a new programme in South Africa focusing on HIV prevention and care for commercial farm workers in three districts in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. |
| SAfAIDS holds workshop to accelerate Maputo Plan in Zim |
| Harare, Zimbabwe-27 July 2009- Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) will this week hold a meeting for government, civil society and the private sector to accelerate the implementation of the Maputo Plan of Action in Zimbabwe. |
| SPEECH STEPHEN LEWIS AT IAS OPENING |
In my younger days, decades upon decades ago, we were consumed by the
threat of nuclear annihilation. The forces of darkness, East and West,
seemed in the ascendance. The Doomsday clock inched its way to
midnight. |
| Zimbabwe holds Annual Candlelight Memorial |
| Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN) and its network members will on Thursday the 2nd of July 2009, join the nation and world at large in commemorating the 26th anniversary of the Annual International Candlelight Memorial to be held at Town House, City of Harare, from 4 pm - 7pm. |
| UN Secretary-General, the World AIDS Campaign and UNAIDS launch World
AIDS Day theme ‘Universal Access and Human Rights’ |
New York- June 18th – Ahead of this year’s World AIDS Day, the United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the World AIDS Campaign and the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have come together
to announce the theme of “Universal Access and Human Rights” |
| Media Statement: Day of the African Child |
| Protect the African Child! Protect Africa's Future! |
| International Day of the African Child |
| Zambia, 15 June 2009-(Tisunge Ana Athu Akazi Coalition TAAAC)-In Soweto, South Africa, thousands of black school children took to the streets in 1976, in a march more than half a mile long, to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down; and in the two weeks of protest that followed, more than a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were injured. |
| African Youth AIDS activists meet in Nairobi to raise their voice around universal access to treatment, care and support |
| Nairobi- 8 June 2009- Youth AIDS activists from different parts of Africa and the Middle East met on 30 May 2009 to discuss issues affecting young people’s access to prevention, treatment, care and support for HIV and AIDS. This meeting leads in to the African Campaigners meeting organised by the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) and African partners in Nairobi, Kenya. |
| Ground breaking outcomes from Nairobi meeting of African AIDS community leaders |
| Nairobi- 8 June 2009- At its’ conclusion, the key planning meeting for HIV and AIDS campaigners from around Africa has reached some clear conclusions and made some powerful calls. |
| One Love Launch Zambia |
| JOHANNESBURG, Zambia- 4 June 2009- KC Forum-The National AIDS Council, the ministry of Health, Health communications partnership Zambia, Zambia centre for communications programmes, Society for family Health with support from the United States Agency for international development (USAID), UNFPA and Soul City are developing a national multimedia campaign to prevent HIV transmission through multiple concurrent partnerships in Zambia. |
| UNAIDS calls for a virtual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV by 2015 |
| GENEVA, 21 May 2009 – During the week of the World Health Assembly, UNAIDS’ executive director met with more than 80 Health Ministers to underscore UNAIDS’ commitment in supporting countries to achieve their universal access goals. |
| World AIDS Orphans Day 2009 |
| World AIDS Orphans Day, observed May 7 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of issues affecting millions of children orphaned by AIDS. But not so many people are aware of this grassroots campaign meant to draw attention and to advocate on behalf of AIDS orphans. |
| Gates Foundation Invests in 81 Unconventional Global Health Research Projects |
| SEATTLE – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced 81 grants of US$100,000 each to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve health in developing countries. The grants were awarded to researchers in 17 countries through the foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, which aims to develop a pipeline of creative ideas that could change the face of global heath. |
International Women’s Day
8 March 2009 |
Message of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid
UNFPA Executive Director
Today on International Women’s Day, let us unite to end violence against women and girls.
Whether it is human trafficking, domestic violence, crimes committed in the name of honour or passion, child marriage, female genital mutilation/cutting, or sexual violence, which in many conflict situations has reached alarming proportions, violence against women and girls constitutes a shameful crime that is too often shrouded in silence and too seldom punished. |
| New local TV and radio HIV series launched SAfAIDS |
| Harare, Zimbabwe (SAfAIDS MRD) 5 February 2009-Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS), in collaboration with Population Services International (PSI), is proud to announce the launch of a new 26 – programme radio and television series, ‘Positive Talk’, which will air for the next 6 months on Zimbabwe’s national broadcast stations. The weekly series will air every Sunday evening between 7.30 pm and 8 pm, on ZBC TV, and every Tuesday between 6.30 pm and 7 pm, on Radio Zimbabwe. |
| National HIV Treatment Literacy Sensitisation Meeting for Policy Makers |
| Harare, Zimbabwe – Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) will on Wednesday 4 February 2009, host a sensitisation workshop for national policy makers and leaders to discuss issues around treatment literacy in Zimbabwe. The event will take place at the Rainbow Towers Hotel, Jacaranda Room, from 8.30am to 4.30 pm. |
NO WOMAN SHOULD DIE GIVING LIFE:
UNFPA WELCOMES NEW UNICEF REPORT ON MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH |
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 16 January 2009—Every minute somewhere in the world a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth, and the women in the world’s least developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth than those in developed countries. |
| 2010 Soccer World Cup Provides Platform for Major New African HIV-Prevention Initiative |
| New continent-wide HIV-prevention initiative harnessing Africa’s passion for soccer combines a sustained media campaign with community-level outreach and education programs using soccer to promote healthy living and responsible choices among African youth. |
| MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, 25 NOVEMBER 2008 |
| Across the world, in countries rich and poor, women are being beaten, trafficked, raped and killed. These human rights violations do more than harm individuals; they undermine the development, peace and security of entire societies. |
| National Policy Dialogue Seeks to Promote Women’s Rights |
| Harare, ZIMBABWE – Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS), with support from Oxfam Canada, is hosting a National Policy Dialogue aimed at highlighting the linkage between culture, gender based violence (GBV), HIV, AIDS and women’s rights. |
| World AIDS Day marks 20th anniversary of solidarity |
(By Sara Speicher) For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a “war time situation”. “People with AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends”, says Sawyer, an AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York. By 1988, seven years after the first case of AIDS was reported, AIDS was causing more deaths in the US then there were in the Vietnam War, and between 5 and 10 million people were estimated to be infected with HIV around the world. Yet governments, media and society in general were not giving AIDS adequate attention. So, “people with AIDS had to literally take to the streets and block traffic and take over government buildings”, Sawyer recalls. |
| Broadcasting Ammendments SA |
| JOHANNESBURG, Today (23 october 2008) the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications will again be deliberating on the Broadcasting Amendment Bill. The ‘Save our SABC’ Coalition is sending a letter to the Chair of the Committee, Ismail Vadi to object to certain proposals to amend the Bill suggested by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) |
| Gates Foundation Invests in 104 Novel Ideas for Global Health |
| BANGKOK – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced 104 grants to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve global health. The grants of US$100,000 each will be made to scientists from 22 countries and five continents. They mark the first round of funding from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to help lower the barriers for testing innovative ideas in global health. |
| A SAYWHAT Conference Statement on the State of Female Students’ Sexual, Reproductive Health and Rights in Zimbabwean Tertiary Institutions |
| The Students And Youths Working on reproductive Health Action Team (SAYWHAT) is a civil society organisation formed in December 2003 after realizing the absence of a platform where students can meet to discuss their reproductive health in order to take up their challenges with policy-makers while at the same time taking responsibility for their own health |
| New SA Health Minister addresses media |
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| Zimbabwe AIDS Civil Society Organisations Seek to Build on Success |
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SADC HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SIGN THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT |
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SADC Leaders urged to adopt the SADC Gender & Development Protocol |
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SAfAIDS Launches Children’s Antiretroviral Therapy
Literacy Toolkit for Communities |
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Zimbabwe Caregivers : On the Front line of HIV Care |
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Malawi: New Study Holds Great Promise for Saving Lives by Significantly Reducing Transmission of HIV via Breast-Feeding |
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‘HIV and AIDS and TB Co-infection: A Deadly Marriage’ |
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UNAIDS announces winners of Red Ribbon Award 2008 |
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Statement at the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS – Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director |
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Progress in AIDS response but still a long way from meeting global targets |
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KEEP YOUR PROMISE
END HIV AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. NOW! |
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Common Position on Involvement and Participation of Civil Society in Universal Access processes in Southern Africa
May 26th, 2008 |
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African Civil Society position paper on HIV and AIDS in Africa:
Urgent need to meet the universal access targets |
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| UNAIDS Statement on Travel Restrictions |
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UNAIDS governing board meeting closes in Chiang Mai |
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| THE GLOBAL FUND OPENS ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUM |
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| Anniversary of AU Abuja 15% Health Commitment |
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Health Day |
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| The impact of climate change on human health - Statement by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan |
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Press Release World TB Day |
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STATEMENT ON THE COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY BY THE SAfAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS LOIS CHINGANDU |
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Statement at the Commission on the Status of Women Message by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA |
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Trial Shows Anti-HIV Microbicide Is Safe, but Does Not Prove It Effective Research Advances HIV Prevention Field |
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Media Statement – African Union Summit |
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Award for Excellence in Reporting on Tuberculosis |
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| NGOs demand that SADC leaders prove commitment to gender equality Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance |
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Media Statement - World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007 |
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| UNAIDS press release on Global AIDS epidemic update 2007 |
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Cultural Practices and HIV and AIDS |
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Accelerating-Prevention to minimise HIV infection
Lois Chingandu, Executive Director - SAfAIDS
Opening remarks by UNAIDS on the Launch of the Accelerating-Prevention eForum
Mark Stirling, Director - UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and southern Africa
International Women's Day, 2007
Lois Chingandu, Executive Director - SAfAIDS
Speech to the 19th Meeting of UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
Lusaka, 6 December 2006,
Dr Peter Piot - UNAIDS Executive Director
AIDS in the next 25 years: XVI International AIDS Conference 2006
Dr Peter Piot -
UNAIDS Executive Director
SAfAIDS Statement on World AIDS Day 2006 - Have we kept the promise?
Lois Chingandu, Exectuve Director - SAfAIDS
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General's Message on the occasion of World AIDS Day. 1 December 2006
Kofi Anan, UN Secretary General
People not getting the treatment they need to stay alive - newer AIDS drugs are unaffordable and unavailable, November 2006
Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
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