From AFP:
JOHANNESBURG (1/12/08) — Governments across the globe pledged Monday to step up the fight against HIV, promising to bankroll treatment programmes on the 20th annual World AIDS Day.
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Zuma Discusses AIDS Policy
(21/10/08) ANC President Jacob Zuma speaks to reporters during a recent visit to Washington. When asked about South Africa's HIV/AIDS policy, Zuma said it is good. He added that if he is elected as South Africa's next president, he does not intend to change the country's policy but will maintain it as a comprehensive one.
New era for S Africa Aids fight?
From BBC News:
Johannesburg (6/10/08) -- South Africa's fight against HIV/Aids is likely to receive an important boost, following the appointment of a new health minister, Barbara Hogan. She was sworn in last week, after President Kgalema Motlanthe named his cabinet. Ms Hogan's predecessor, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has been sidelined, and appointed a minister in the presidency, without any clearly defined responsibility. READ MORE.
Johannesburg (6/10/08) -- South Africa's fight against HIV/Aids is likely to receive an important boost, following the appointment of a new health minister, Barbara Hogan. She was sworn in last week, after President Kgalema Motlanthe named his cabinet. Ms Hogan's predecessor, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has been sidelined, and appointed a minister in the presidency, without any clearly defined responsibility. READ MORE.
Rift Over AIDS Treatment Lingers in South Africa
From The New York Times:
KWANGWANASE, South Africa (9/3/08) — Colin Pfaff, a slight doctor imbued with Christian zeal, had reached a moral crossroads. Dr. Pfaff knew that giving H.I.V.-positive women and their newborns two anti-AIDS drugs instead of one would reduce the odds that mothers would pass the virus to their babies. But South Africa had not yet adopted the two-drug strategy, as recommended by the World Health Organization, and the doctors’ request was rebuffed. READ MORE.
KWANGWANASE, South Africa (9/3/08) — Colin Pfaff, a slight doctor imbued with Christian zeal, had reached a moral crossroads. Dr. Pfaff knew that giving H.I.V.-positive women and their newborns two anti-AIDS drugs instead of one would reduce the odds that mothers would pass the virus to their babies. But South Africa had not yet adopted the two-drug strategy, as recommended by the World Health Organization, and the doctors’ request was rebuffed. READ MORE.
In Africa, Bush wants AIDS plan renewed
From the Associated Press:
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (17/2/08) - President Bush rejected proposed Democratic changes to his prized AIDS relief program, issuing a challenge Sunday to Congress to "stop the squabbling" and renew it as is. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has raised the number of Africans on anti-retroviral treatments from 50,000 to 1.2 million.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (17/2/08) - President Bush rejected proposed Democratic changes to his prized AIDS relief program, issuing a challenge Sunday to Congress to "stop the squabbling" and renew it as is. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has raised the number of Africans on anti-retroviral treatments from 50,000 to 1.2 million.
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Local scientists upbeat over HIV vaccines
SABCNEWS (24/1/08) - Local scientists are upbeat that the first human testing of HIV vaccines will go ahead. Leader of the study, Glenda Gray, says the vaccine is completely different from the Phambili study (see below) which was abandoned last year. Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang issued an order last year that no HIV trials would be done before she received a detailed report on why the Phambili study had failed. A report recently criticized South African authorities for allowing corruption and mismanagement to undermine attempts to defeat the pandemic of HIV/AIDS.
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