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…
[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…
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 –…
[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,…
[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…
[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…
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…
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.…
“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…
[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…
[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…
A failure to ensure that costing and budgeting processes are properly managed from the start is likely to result in an NSP that is not fully implementable. Given that the…