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In early December 2011, Durban, South Africa hosted the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17), otherwise known as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The conference was well...
South Africa has formally opened discussion and debate on the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) plan, the primary goal of which is to “ensure that everyone has access to a defined...
While voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is the mainstream HIV testing approach in HIV endemic countries, testing practices and policies are not standardised. The context of the health care...
The ‘Alliance for A Green Revolution’ (AGRA), spearheaded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to increase agricultural outputs and alleviate poverty and hunger in Africa. It has been...
Given the extremely high prevalence and incidence of HIV & AIDS in South Africa, coupled with relatively wide ranging access to anti-retroviral therapy (ART), many point to a HIV positive diagnosis...
Product RED and other socially ‘responsible’ commodities are becoming increasingly popular among ethically concerned shoppers. In the western world, ‘Brand Aid’ for women and girls in...
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), set up by the Bush administration in 2003, has been touted as the most ambitious public health programme to tackle HIV & AIDS in the...
Globally, the rate of women’s formal political participation is low, despite progress over the past few decades. Post-conflict settings have seen a rise in constitutional provisions that enable...