It is up to us to make the NSP work for us
It is up to us to organise the district AIDS councils that will open up our channels of communication with provincial AIDS councils and the national AIDS council. [caption id="attachment_672"…
Millions of lives depend on it
The outgoing Deputy Chair of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), Mark Heywood, gives a frank assessment of the state of SANAC and what the body will need over…
The task is so big
Mara Kardas-Nelson spoke to Dr Fareed Abdullah about his vision for the South African National AIDS Council. [caption id="attachment_656" align="alignnone" width="577"] Fareed Abdullah, photo by Masi Losi[/caption] Scheduling a time…
Issue 3: Introduction
[caption id="attachment_636" align="alignnone" width="577"] Fareed Abdullah, photo by Masi Losi[/caption] 2012 is a year of transition for the South African National AIDS Council. Leadership at the top is changing, the…
MONEY MATTERS Infographic
How the Global Fund’s top donors spend their top dollars. Long-term budget requirements for the AIDS response in South Africa are estimated at R35 – R45 billion (approximately $4.5 –…
Global fund at a crossroads: Keep fighting for the fund
[caption id="attachment_449" align="alignnone" width="567"] An HIV-positive person stands near an audience of children at the HIV/AIDS candle memorial in Kibera, Africa's largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo by Felix Masi,…
Local production: Not a silver bullet
[caption id="attachment_440" align="alignnone" width="567"] TAC members demonstrate outside the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. Photo by Patrick Mdletshe.[/caption] Will local production of active pharmaceutical ingredients offer the health…
Pepfar problems: Patients to pay the price
[caption id="attachment_442" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Alon Skuy, courtesy of Treatment Action Campaign Archive.[/caption] Nine years of PEPFAR The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was initially launched…
TAC fights for Active Aids Councils
For the new NSP to be a success, it is essential that provincial, district and local AIDS councils (PACs, DACs, LACs) start playing a more active part in the fight…
Budget basics
How health is structured Our public health care system is divided into several different levels. Each level has particular responsibilities to ensure that people have access to health care services.…
What is a Strategy?
“The NSP must resist the temptation to be everything to everyone; it cannot – and should not – become the focal point for dealing with all social ills that undermine…
The NSP needs a good M&E system: will it get one?
[caption id="attachment_446" align="alignnone" width="567"] World AIDS Day (2010) in Driefontein in the North West Province. With well over 5,000 people in attendance, community members were able to apply for identity…