Campaign against HIV in Khayalitsha: Virtual tour. MSF

Posted by Celia Walter | 8 Oct, 2010
 
Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) South Africa invites you to meet the people on the frontlines of the fight against HIV/AIDS, from patients to peer counsellors, to nurses and doctors, and discover how MSF together with other organisations managed to put 16,000 patients on HIV treatment in Khayelitsha.

Take a virtual tour of Khayelitsha, as a prime example of a successful mission to fight the HIV epidemic at its epicentre.

HIV/AIDS. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Posted by Celia Walter | 15 May, 2010
This authoritative resource on HIV/AIDS is produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The resource describes what HIV and AIDS are, how HIV causes AIDS, the biology of HIV, HIV replication cycle, HIV risk factors, symptoms, testing and diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Information is provided on the NIAID's HIV/AIDS research programme, a listing of workshops, scientific meetings and events, and NIAID-funded clinical studies related toHIV

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/hivaids/Pages/Default.aspx

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World Aids Day, 1st December 2008

Posted by Celia Walter | 7 Nov, 2008

Invite to Interfaith Service - World Aids Day 2008.pdf

Attached is an invitation for an Interfaith Service on the occasion of this year’s World AIDS Day and the arrival of the Cape2Cape World AIDS Awareness Expedition to be held at Nazareth House on 1 December 2008, 18h00

Texts tackle HIV in South Africa: Project Masiluleke

Posted by Celia Walter | 24 Oct, 2008
Blood testing station, Project Masiluleke
The text messages have encouraged people to get tested for HI

The popularity of mobile phones in South Africa is helping to tackle HIV and Aids in the nation.

Project Masiluleke will send one million free text messages a day to push people to be tested and treated... [More]

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