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SA flunks when it comes to AIDS spending

Health-e News 25.11.2008 Anso Thom


South Africa has flunked with an E-symbol (0-20%) when it come to the amount of money spent on HIV/AIDS, but attained an overall B-symbol for its response to the epidemic on the AIDS Reporting Index, an AIDS Accountability International (AAI) scorecard.

Released in Stockholm yesterday, the country-by-country scorecard rates the information countries provide to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS). The scorecard - which rates data collection, focus on most-at-risk populations, treatment, prevention, co-ordination, civil society, financing and human rights mainstreaming - was developed over a two year period with the help of experts from among others Harvard and the University of Cape Town. To read more of this article click here.

To download the full PDF version of the AAI Working Paper Series No. 2 click here.

 

New IPC Publication

Eliminating Gender Inequalities Reduces Poverty. How? by Joana Costa and Elydia Silva

The authors argue that tackling all types of gender inequalities reduces poverty levels. The greatest impact comes from promoting women's participation in the labour market.

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NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON HIV AND AIDS A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR A FAIRER SOUTH AFRICA

The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) Law and Human Rights Sector working committee Ð which includes representation from the AIDS Law Project, the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project, the Legal Resources Centre, the South African Human Rights Commission, the South African Medical Association, the Legal Aid Board, Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre and the private legal profession Ð welcomes SANAC's endorsement of the national HIV & AIDS and STI Strategic Plan for South Africa 2007-2011 ("the NSP").

Click on the link provided to view the remainder of the article online: http://www.tac.org.za/community/nsp

 

OSSREA HEARD Research 2005

THE HIV/AIDS CHALLENGE IN AFRICA

Summary of Research Dissemination Workshop hosted in Durban, RSA, by HEARD and the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa - OSSREA -on 5 October 2005.

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