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- Scientific breakthroughs in HIV help shape the future of AIDS research in Africa
- When doctors from the University of Mississippi medical centre announced on 2 March 2013 that a baby had been ‘functionally cured’ of HIV, the world hailed the news as a historical medical breakthrough.
- Progress on HIV brings hope to the province of KwaZulu Natal
- During a meeting with UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, the Premier of KwaZulu Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize highlighted that progress made in the province has begun to turn around the AIDS epidemic in the South African Province which has been most affected by HIV.
- UNAIDS Executive Director says successes in the AIDS response should not result in complacency
- UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Member of the Executive Committee for Health in KwaZulu Natal, met on 3 June on the side-lines of the UNAIDS/CAPRISA Symposium: Scientific advances from the ‘Mississippi baby’: Implications for public health programmes on mother to child transmission of HIV taking place in Durban, South Africa.
- South Africa: Young people to lead a new wave of community mobilization and political advocacy
- Young people in South Africa are facing the challenge of creating a movement to overcome the impact that the AIDS epidemic is having on their lives.
- UNAIDS and other health organizations support new TB and HIV initiative in Africa
- UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé joined health leaders from Africa and other international organizations to support a new push to accelerate progress against tuberculosis and HIV. The initiative was unveiled at a press briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa on 20 March and will be formerly launched on 21 March in Mbabane, Swaziland.
- Realising the potential impact of antiretroviral therapy
- The full results of a study on the effects of antiretroviral therapy in preventing new HIV infections have been published this week in the medical journal Science. The study, led by Professor Frank Tanser from the Africa Centre, spanned a seven year period (2004-2011), and followed nearly 17 000 people, the largest ever study of its kind to be completed.
- UNAIDS to collaborate with HSRC in HIV prevention research and policy development
- UNAIDS and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen research, policies, and programmes on HIV prevention globally, with a special emphasis on Africa.
- Breaking the conspiracy of silence
- Thabang Lebese was a little boy who grew up in Orlando East, Soweto. From an early age he could kick a ball—dazzling his family with his talent on the pitch. It didn’t take long before he was given the opportunity to join one of the major football clubs in South Africa and by the age 15 he was playing for the Kaizer Chiefs’ junior team.
- UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador Michael Ballack gets a first-hand look at the impact of AIDS on South Africa
- In his role as UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador, the German football star Michael Ballack conducted a 3-day mission to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he learned about the impact of HIV on communities and used his star-power to raise public awareness of the epidemic.
- “Protect the Goal” campaign launched at opening of the Africa Cup of Nations
- The campaign aims to harness the power of football to raise awareness of HIV
- UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador Michael Ballack teams up with young people to tackle HIV prevention
- UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador and football star, Michael Ballack witnessed how football is transforming lives in South Africa.
- UNAIDS Executive Director congratulates President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on progress in the AIDS response
- The President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma met with UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, on 18 January at the president’s official residence in Pretoria. Mr Sidibé congratulated President Zuma on the country’s achievements in the AIDS response in recent years and reiterated the support of UNAIDS.
- The Deputy President of South Africa reviews country’s progress in HIV response
- UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé met with the Deputy President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe and the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on 18 January.
- South Africa’s savings in procurement of antiretroviral drugs to increase access to treatment for people living with HIV
- South Africa has, for the second time in a row, reduced the cost of procurement of antiretrovirals (ARVs) as announced by South African Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on 29 November.
- UNAIDS and Standard Bank Group partner to bring HIV awareness to the workplace
- The Standard Bank Group (SBG) and UNAIDS formalised, on 22 November, what had already been a long-term collaboration in the response to AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. They signed an official memorandum of understanding (MoU) for an initial period of two years to further collaborate on AIDS education and advocacy initiatives in the workplace.
- High-Level Taskforce for women, girls and HIV calls for accelerated efforts to protect the rights and wellbeing of young women and girls in South Africa
- The High-Level Taskforce for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV for Eastern and Southern Africa concluded a week-long political advocacy mission to South Africa calling for renewed commitment and leadership to protect the health and rights of young women and girls in the country.
- South Africa launches campaign to reduce maternal mortality
- South Africa struggles with a high rate of maternal and child mortality. To reduce this, the campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) was launched at Osindisweni Hospital in Ethekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal Province on Friday 4 May.
- South Africa launches its new National Strategic Plan on HIV, STIs and TB, 2012–2016
- On World AIDS Day, 1 December 2011, the President of the Republic of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma, officially launched the new South African National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV, STIs and TB, 2012–2016.
- UNAIDS joins hands with Standard Bank to “Get to Zero”
- UNAIDS and the Standard Bank Group entered into a two year partnership in December 2011 to raise public awareness of the HIV epidemic within the African continent. Using the Standard Bank‘s marketing and communication resources, UNAIDS will bring its knowledge and expertise in the AIDS response to help raise awareness about HIV among the Bank’s employees and beyond into the local communities.
- Time for action, say HIV science roundtable participants
- The roundtable was entitled Closing the gap between science and implementation: Accelerating science to get to South Africa’s vision of zero new HIV infections, and looked at ways of maximizing the opportunities created by scientific research around HIV prevention in the past year to reach the country’s target of halving new HIV infections by 2015.