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Collaborating Centre  Latest Publications  Multi-media | Rhetoric in the Time of AIDS The African Association for Rhetoric (AAR) - in association with HEARD hosted its second international biennial conference at the Innovation Centre, Howard College, from 1-3 July. This year’s theme was: Rhetoric in the Time of AIDS: African Perspectives.
AAR is a body of scholars, rhetors and researchers who engage in the use and practice of rhetoric and speech communication in political, social, cultural, judicial and deliberative contexts.
The conference brught together distinguished researchers, scholars and graduate students from across the globe whose interests relate to rhetoric and AIDS. It aimed to deliberate on the intersection of rhetoric and AIDS and different social discourses that have been produced over the last three decades.
"This conference arises in view of the recognition and opportunity for contemplating issues ranging from policy, the construct of medical knowledge around the pandemic, media rhetoric and the state of global health to funding politics," said the AAR’s steering committee chair, Dr Segun Ige.
"For most people, rhetoric is both an ambiguous term and a rather elusive concept to understand. For them, the term rhetoric means empty promises and political talk without any hope of action. This, of course, is not the case as rhetoric has a wider use and appeal," said Dr Ige.
Keynote speakers of the conference included Professor Catherine Campbell from the London School of Economics; Professor Nceba Gqaleni, Chair of Tradition Medicine, and Professor Leana Uys, of UKZN’s College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
For more information on AAR, and/or would like to attend the conference should visit www.afrhet.org.za and complete the online registration form.
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 Live Feeds SWAZILAND: Task-shifting could improve HIV treatment and preventionPhoto: Eva-Lotta Jansson/IRIN Nurses can manage HIV care but only doctors can initiate ARV treatment MANZINI, 3 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Swaziland has yet to act on a 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to alleviate ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 UGANDA: New strains of HIV spreading in fishing communities*Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN Catching more than fish ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) - A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
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Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 KENYA: Monitoring Antiretroviral Intake Among ChildrenWhen 11-year-old Ronald Gathece was placed on antiretrovirals (ARVs) after being diagnosed HIV-positive, medical staff did not monitor his reaction to the treatment. But the side effects had been so bad that the young boy had contemplated suicide. IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS
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Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Obama Global Health Initiative Targets Maternal, Child Health, DiseaseU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced a new $63 billion Global Health Initiative with an emphasis on maternal and child health, family planning and programs to fight infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. "We need a comprehensive, effective global system for tracking... HIV and AIDS news from AIDSPortal
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Are HERVs An Answer To AIDS Mysteries?Why is it so hard to isolate and purify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Why has no one been able to see, by electron microscopy, a single HIV particle in the blood of AIDS patients, even those who have a "high viral load"? Why does HIV seem to mutate with startling rapidity? AIDS researchers have not been able... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Research At GHESKIO Leads To Update In WHO Guidelines For HIV TreatmentPrompted by clinical research into the early initiation of antiretroviral therapies for HIV performed at the GHESKIO clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revised its treatment protocols for HIV patients... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 SOUTH AFRICA: Survivor’s guide for non-striking health workersPhoto: Tebogo Letsie/IRIN Strikes can turn violent JOHANNESBURG, 2 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Public sector strikes in South Africa have become so common in recent years that people are asking if plans should not be put ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 In Defence of Science: Seven points about traditional medicine and scientific medicineScientists can be elitist and patronising. In that way, they are no different to any other people with power, including some traditional healers and including people who defend science, like myself. There are multiple knowledge systems. Cultural diversity, including African culture, is a valuable treasure.... HIV and AIDS news from AIDSPortal
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 UK backs new corruption-fighting academyThe UK is to back a new international anti-corruption academy aimed at boosting the fight against fraud, bribery and theft across the world. DFID : News Stories
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 UGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after the United States President’s ... World News : HIV/AIDS (PlusNews)
Retrieved: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Cheap And Accurate Tuberculosis Test Gives Results In Under Two HoursA tuberculosis test, called Xpert® MTB/RIF, can successfully identify 98% of all culture-confirmed TB cases, including more than 90% of those with smear-negative disease, a study published in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) reveals... HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
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