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| HEARD Media Coverage in 2007 |
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HEARD was quoted in at least 61 media items in 2007.
JANUARY 2007Mail & Guardian: "AIDS, The Great Unknown" by
FEBRUARY 2007IRIN PlusNews: "'Lazarus drug': ARVs in the treatment era", quotes Alan Whiteside. 15 February 2007. AllAfrica.com / IRIN PlusNews: "Donors call the shots in the HIV/AIDS sector", quotes Alan Whiteside. 21 February 2007. http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200702210460.html MARCH 2007UKZN Website News page: "HIV Researcher shares Canadian experiences". Coverage of HEARD Visiting Fellow Dr Sarah Flicker's UKZN seminar series on HIV research with youth. http://varsitynews.ukzn.ac.za/DetailedNews.aspx?NS_ID=281 The Witness: "HIV Lessons From Canada" by Laura Melville. 20 March 2007. On-line version: http://www.witness.co.za/default.asp?myAction=sdet&myRef=51201&myCat=feat Sunday Tribune Herald: The Issue Page - "Teen Moms a Growing Concern" by Juggie Naran, quotes Judith King. Page 4, 25 March 2007 UKZN OnLine: "HIV Researcher shares Canadian experiences". (See www.ukzn.ac.za ), Vol. 1, #3, 28 March 2007 http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ukznonline/onlineissue3.html#18 The Lancet: Vol. 369, 31 March 2007, pp 1073-74. "A polemical response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic": Review by Alan Whiteside of the book The AIDS Pandemic: The Collision of Epidemiology with Political Correctness, by James Chin. MAY 2007Sunday Times: "Circumcision is not the solution in HIV battle", by Tim Quinlan. 13 May 2007, pg 20. Sunday Times: "Prof's article makes HIV battle bigger" by Beezy Bailey. Letters Page (25), 20 May 2007. Sunday Times: "Viable strategy" by David Alnwick (UNICEF) - Letters Page, 27 May 2007. JUNE 2007Herald Morning Final: "Research shows AIDS is threat to democracy in Africa" 5 June 2007. (IDASA study findings; quotes Alan Whiteside). IRIN PlusNews, South Africa: "To circumcise or not to circumcise?" 7 June 2007 http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=72600 BBC News AIDS/Africa website: "Mass circumcision to fight AIDS" - 7 June 2007 Coverage of the Third SA AIDS Conference debate on mass male circumcision as a public health strategy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6730261.stm NAM AIDSMap News: "Should South Africa pursue a mass circumcision drive?" by Keith Alcorn, 7 June 2007. SA AIDS III coverage of debate: http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/ED63A187-56F0-4069-9F0A-35D262087DFC.asp News24.com: "SA needs mass circumcision" - 7 June 2007 http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Aids_Focus/0,,2-7-659_2126049,00.html Building Consensus 3rd SA AIDS Conference Newsletter: "'Cutting edge' weapon against the AIDS virus" by Christina Scott, Issue 3, Pg 8, 8 June 2007 The Mercury: "Government silence on mass circumcision question - it's going to happen, says expert" Sapa-AFP, Pg 4, 8 June 2007 Daily News: "Circumcision a crucial strategy in AIDS struggle" by David Alnwick. Opinion, Page 8. 8 June 2007. Medical News Today: "AIDS experts call for Mass Male Circumcision in South Africa" by Catharine Paddock, 8 June 2007 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=73591 Medical News Today is owned by MediLexicon International Ltd. and is the largest independent health and medical news website on the Internet. The Journal of Turkish Weekly "South Africa experts for mass circumcision" (Islam Online), 8 June 2007. http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=45762 Daily Times Pakistan: "Doctors urge mass circumcision for AIDS-hit South Africa" by Fran Blandy, 8 June 2007 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C06%5C08%5Cstory_8-6-2007_pg4_12 Sunday Tribune: "Denialists on the comeback trail" by Jani Meyer, Pg 15, 10 June 2007. Coverage of HEARD Opening event quoting Dr Peter Piot, Prof Ahmed Bawa and Prof Alan Whiteside Sunday Independent: "SA dissidents shown up in ‘not neutral' account of AIDS battle" by Maureen Isaacson, 10 June 2007. Review of new book by Nicoli Nattrass. The Mercury: "AIDS denial is on retreat, says Achmat" by Patrick Leeman, 11 June 2007. Coverage of new book by Nicoli Nattrass launched in Durban on 7 June. UKZN-Online: "HEARD opens new offices", Issue No. 9, 20 June 2007 http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ukznonline/9/onlineissue9.html UKZN-Online: "Third SA AIDS Conference", (cites HEARD) Issue No 9, 20 June 2007 http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ukznonline/9/onlineissue9.html JULY 2007UKZN-Online: "HEARD appointment as Secretariat of the http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ukznonline/10/OnlineIssue10.html#5 Kwana in the City: "HIV figures finally stabilising" by Karishma Thakurdin (quotes Alan Whiteside, HEARD and UKZN). 13 July 2007 UKZN-Online: "Rhetoric Colloquium" (Dr Segun Ige/HEARD) - Issue No 11, 18 July 2007 http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ukznonline/11/OnlineIssue11.html AUGUST 2007UKZN-Online: "Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) Programmes in Public Health Services" (Gavin George's College of Health Sciences Newsletter: "Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) Programmes in Public Health Services" (Gavin George's WSAR project) - Volume 3, Issue No. 2, p. 17 Afrol News/IRIN "Africa - Falling HIV rates tell complex story" (quotes Alan Whiteside of HEARD) - 2 August 2007 http://www.afrol.com/articles/26312 WorldBank IntraNet: "Women Street Traders and HIV/AIDS" (from HEARD website) - 2 August 2007. www.worldbank.org SABCOHA (SA Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS) website: HEARD is listed under SABCOHA's "Research Sources and Summaries" web-page: http://www.sabcoha.org/research/sources-summaries.html Profile of HEARD's research on the private sector: Workplace VCT Uptake Study and Operationalising HIV/AIDS issues for Development" (ART programmes amongst a sample of Southern African companies). http://www.sabcoha.org/research/health-economics-and-hiv-aids-research-division-heard-2.html 7 August 2007 IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue "Resources and Events: HEARD Monitoring and Evaluation Training Workshop 2007" Issue No. 351, 7 August 2007 The Mercury: "Orphans sexually active when young, says study". Article on Independent Online: "AIDS orphans driven to early and risky sex" by Amelia Naidoo. http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3973403 8 August 2007 The Independent (UK) "A President in denial, a nation ravaged by AIDS" by Katherine Butler (quotes Alan Whiteside on the firing of Deputy Health Minister). 10 August 2007, front page. Kenya Environmental and Political News (KEPN) Weblog: "Falling HIV rates tell complex story" (quotes Alan Whiteside of HEARD) - 15 August 2007 http://kenvironews.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/falling-hiv-rates-tell-complex-story/ SEPTEMBER 2007Justice Africa: "Grant Call: IDRC/HEARD Economic Globalisation, Growth and HIV/AIDS Initiative" - 6 September 2007, www.justiceafrica.org HIV/AIDS Development Gateway (dg Communities): Text and links to HEARD organisational profile and status as a UNAIDS Collaborating Centre. Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 4/9/06; sourced via GoogleAlert, 20 September 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/hiv/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072090 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/hiv/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072099 UKZNdaba: "Irish Ambassador visits HEARD". Volume 4, Number 9/10 - September/October 2007 OCTOBERThe Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting, Guyana, October 2007 (commemorative report): "HIV/AIDS and Development: Perspectives for Commonwealth Finance Ministers", by Alan Whiteside and Nina Veenstra. UKZN Online: "Irish Ambassador visits HEARD" by Bekhani Dlamini. Volume 1, Issue # 17. 10 October 2007. http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ukznonline/17/OnlineIssue17.html NOVEMBERAllAfrica.Com: "Swaziland: Declare HIV/AIDS a ‘humanitarian emergency'" - report by UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), covering Whiteside/Whalley research on "Reviewing Emergencies in Swaziland" and HEARD. 5 November 2007. http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/2007110160.html IRIN PlusNews: "Swaziland: Declare HIV/AIDS a ‘humanitarian emergency'" covering Whiteside/Whalley research on "Reviewing Emergencies in Swaziland" and HEARD. 6 November 2007. http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75165 Cabrini Ministries in Swaziland: "Why we are here" - report citing Whiteside/Whalley research on "Reviewing Emergencies in Swaziland" and HEARD. 8 November 2007. http://cabrini-ministries-swaziland.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-we-are-here.html NotNetworks.com (Blog Archive): Response to "Doctors urge mass circumcision for AIDS-hit South Africa" (by Fran Blandy, originally published in Pakistan Daily Times 8 June); 8 November 2007. Mail & Guardian "A country on the edge" by Alan Whiteside and Scott Naysmith - Op Ed piece on Swaziland Emergencies research. 16 - 22 November 2007, page 37. St Marks Alumni Charity Blog: "A country on the edge" by Alan Whiteside and Scott Naysmith; {NOTE: Incorrectly cited as "Editorial by Professor Alan Whiteside, one of our fellow Marcians, published in both the UK Mail and the Guardian 19th November"} 22 November 2007. http://journals.aol.co.uk/stmarkshighinfo/charityblog/entries/2007/11/22/a-country-on-the-edge/2783 UNAIDS (Joint UN Programme on AIDS) website: Reviewing "emergencies" for Swaziland. Brief intro and link to full Report. 29 November 2007. http://www.unaids.org/en/ Morning Live (SABC-TV2) : Alan Whiteside interviewed on HIV/AIDS and Education. 28/29 November 2007 DECEMBERMail & Guardian: Light within the chaos - by Obed Qulo and Tim Quinlan. World AIDS Day Supplement, Page 2. 30 November - 6 December 2007 Mail & Guardian: Heavy toll - letter from Wipada Soonthornsima, IMF Mission Chief for Swaziland, in response to "A Country on the Edge" by Alan Whiteside and Scott Naysmith. Page 33. 7 - 13 December 2007 African Chameleon: "Subvert the Dominant Paradigm" - web-log republishing "A country on the edge" by Alan Whiteside and Scott Naysmith from St Marks Alumni Charity Blog. 15 December 2007. http://www.africanchameleon.com/2007/12/country-on-edge.html Folia.nl: "Economische gevolgen van HIV (video)" - contains fragments of presentation and interview with Alan Whiteside on HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, to students at Amsterdam Institute for Development, 18 December 2007. http://www.folia.nl/Nieuwsoverzicht/Wetenschap/Economische+gevolgen+van+HIV+%28video%29.htm Globe and Mail, Canada: "Where have all the Swazis gone?" by Stephanie Nolen. Covering HIV/AIDS in Swaziland and quoting Alan Whiteside. 22 December 2007. Globe and Mail, Canada: "The economics of an epidemic" by Stephanie Nolen. . Covering HIV/AIDS in Swaziland and quoting Alan Whiteside. 22 December 2007. Southern African Humanitarian Update: Regional IASC Monthly Bulletin: "Discouraging Complacency in the ‘Red Countries'" - Special Feature submitted by HEARD. Special Edition, November - December 2007, p.3 |
Belinda Beresford 
UNAIDS