[caption id="attachment_770" align="alignright" width="200"] Nathan Geffen. Photo by bookslive.co.za[/caption] Until 1997 the Medicines Control Council (MCC) was an efficient and effective institution. It was recognised internationally for its excellence. When…
[caption id="attachment_750" align="alignnone" width="567"] TAC member, Lawrence Mbalati, addresses the crowd during a "Resources for Health" march in Giyani in 2010. Photos by Sibongile Nkosi[/caption] Under the previous National Strategic…
[caption id="attachment_763" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Chelsea Maclachlan, courtesy of Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] One of the most important building blocks of any effective health system is a fully-functional medicines…
[caption id="attachment_732" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo Courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] The new structure of SANAC places much greater focus on the links between district, provincial and national…
The good and not so good in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial AIDS council [caption id="attachment_722" align="alignnone" width="567"] Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Zweli Mkhize used World AIDS Day to mobilise people to rally…
After deliberations throughout 2012 the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) agreed that the organisation should be structured as shown here. View this structure as a pdf here …
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"…
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…
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…