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Masimanyane gets to grips with attitudes
MASIMANYANE WOMEN'S Support Centre recently interviewed over 300 men and 1 000 women across five provinces on the subject of HIV-Aids. While this research was focussed on the situation of women in the country, much information regarding women and...

Medicross keep their fingers on the pulse
MEDICROSS EAST London believes that HIV-Aids has become an integral part of every household and every workplace in South Africa. The impact that HIV-Aids has on family life and the work environment cannot be ignored. The individual who lives with...

First with a strategy
DAIMLERCHRYSLER SOUTH Africa earlier this year unveiled a multi-million rand HIV-Aids workplace strategy which they hope will become a blueprint for the entire private sector. An initial amount of R6 million was earmarked to entrench the policy o...

United in giving hope
TODAY'S WORLD Aids Day event at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, if all goes to plan, is going to be phenomenal, according to HIV-Aids Directorate assistant director Sheila Hokwana. The day, she says, is a call to the nation to care about t...

WORLD AIDS DAY 2001 PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT THE SISA DUKASHE STADIUM
9am: Kasie-Tae (Tae Bo for self-defence) 9.30am: March ­ Men as Partners: handing over of declaration (still to be confirmed) 10am: Opening prayer: Rev Ntshingwa (ECPCC) 10.15am: Opening remarks: MC 10.30am: Welcoming address by Buffalo C...

The Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT)
THE EASTERN Cape is implementing the PMTCT programme in two test sites, according to assistant director of this department, Nonceba Nqini. The programme is currently running at the rural Rietvlei Hospital with its 12 feeder clinics, and in East L...

A call to care
TODAY THE world takes time out to observe some of the more pertinent issues surrounding the greatest war ever declared on humankind: HIV-Aids. Throughout the week, various government, private and public sector groups have united to bring together...

The director's message
''THE EASTERN Cape government cares .... do you? We are all affected by this scourge of HIV/Aids. Let us rededicate ourselves as individuals and communities to caring for all those infected and affected by HIV/Aids. It is only through a joint effo...

Youth Academy & The BC HIV/Aids Network
THE YOUTH Academy, a Mdantsane based NGO, forms part of the Buffalo City HIV-Aids Network, and were instrumental in assisting in the organisation of the Sisa Dukashe World Aids Day event today. This organisation is a network of the various organi...

Equity Project & The Society For Family Health
PART ORGANISERS of today's World Aids Day event at Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, Equity Project and the Society for Family Health, have pledged their support in the fight against HIV-Aids. An arm of the Eastern Cape Department of Health, and...

The Government Aids Action Plan
WHILE THE provincial HIV/Aids Directorate was put in place for the mobilisation of government departments to enter the Department of Health's strategic plan in the fight against HIV-Aids, the Government Aids Action Plan is aimed at mobilising ever...

HIV-Aids Directorate Voluntary Counselling and Testing Programme
THE VCT'S goal is to provide voluntary counselling and testing to 12.5% of the Eastern Cape adult population from the age of 15, with the emphasis on the youth and under-resourced rural communities. Assistant director of the VCT, Nomkita Gobodo, ...

Prevention Strategies:
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Control and Management IN THE Eastern Cape the rate of positive syphilis serology among women seeking ante-natal care is estimated at between 10 and 15 percent. To this end, 91 percent of primary health care...

Treatment, Care and Support
THE EASTERN Cape HIV-Aids Directorate sees as a top priority the treatment of HIV-Aids victims in the province. They also regard the care and support of those infected and affected by Aids as vital. HEALTH CENTRES: DIFFLUCAN: This is available f...

Delicious daily fare
THE MONDAY TO SUNDAY COOKBOOK by Phillipa Cheifitz Struik R123 IF you're wondering why the author's name Phillipa Cheifitz rings a bell it's probably because you will have spotted her food writing in magazines like House and Leisure, Cosmo and...

Step-by-step to the exotic
TASTES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN (Woolworths) Wild Dog Press R39.95 THE Mediterranean Sea links Europe, Africa and the Middle East and the trade links forged in ancient times have brought about an eclectic blending of cultures, which is evident in th...

Glamorous cocktails
ROCTAILS by Rocco de Villiers Struik R123 SILLY season is here and with it comes a plethora of parties. If you're the host with the most, you might just want to ditch the beer and wine for once and indulge yourself and your guests in a selectio...

Getting naked with Jamie
HAPPY DAYS WITH THE NAKED CHEF by Jamie Oliver Penguin R204 AT LAST chef Jamie Oliver and I have got naked together. It's taken a while for us to bond, but now that we have it's true love. At least in the kitchen and thanks to his latest book ...

Eating Eastern
COOKING CLASS JAPANESE BY Brigid Treloar Australian Women's Weekly R45.95 THE trend today is to follow a healthy diet and when you combine this with the current crush the world has on Eastern cuisine, The Australian Women's Weekly Japanese cook...

Basil, beef steak and bergamot
Gardening with Debbie Reynhardt IT'S not often that new varieties of seed come out, so when they do, it's nice to have something different to try out. These herbs are some of the new varieties out in the Margaret Roberts Range from Kirchoffs. A...

Meet the Lodgers The common slug eater
IT IS called the common slug eater, and it's a snake, but it is apparently not so common any more, because one doesn't often hear of encounters with them in the garden. This is a pity because it sounds like a creature one really needs in the gar...

George Harrison's death a sad day for rock and roll
LOS ANGELES -- George Harrison, the Beatles' quiet lead guitarist and spiritual explorer who added both rock'n'roll flash and a touch of the mystic to the band's timeless magic, has died. He was 58. Harrison died on Thursday at the Los Angeles ho...

At least we get something free
MORTGAGE originators? Huh? People who negotiate and secure home loans for you -- for free? Yes, nearly 10percent of all new home loans in South Africa were generated via mortgage originators at the end of 1999. "And this percentage is growing ex...