The Walvis Bay Corridor Group HIV/AIDS Help Desk has launched a guide for its workplace policy on the epidemic.The group said in a statement the aim of the of the policy is to provide member companies with information on how to deal with the HIV/AIDS epidemic within the work environment in order to support and [...]
Corridor group launches workplace policy on HIV/AIDS
September 4th, 2010 
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Tags: Helmut Angula, Minister of Works and Transport Helmut Angula, The German Development Cooperation, The Walvis Bay Corridor Group, WBCG 
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September 4th, 2010 admin The Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BEN Namibia) and its sponsors this week officially launched a cycling team, Team BEN Namibia, made up of top Namibian cyclists committed not only to the developing of the sport, but to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Namibia.Sponsors include the U.S. Embassy through a grant from the U.S. President’s [...]
Posted in Aids Tags: BEN Namibia, PEPFAR, The Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia, U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Comments OffMedia lag behind on HIV/AIDS and gender policies
September 4th, 2010 admin Media lag behind on HIV/AIDS and gender policies
Less than ten percent of media houses in Southern Africa have HIV/AIDS policies, and an even lower proportion have gender policies, according to a study conducted by Gender Links as part of the Media Action Plan (MAP) on HIV/AIDS and Gender, said Gender Links deputy director, Kubi [...]
Posted in Aids Tags: Kubi Rama, MAP, MISA, SADC countries, The Media Action Plan, The Media Institute of Southern Africa Comments OffNAMCOL staff exposed to HIV/AIDS training
September 4th, 2010 admin HIV/AIDS training workshop for NAMCOL staff
Responding to the national fight against HIV/AIDS, the Namibia College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) launched an HIV/AIDS training workshop for its staff recently. As NAMCOL occupies a strategic position and the college influences many different sectors of society, it had to respond, according to the director of NAMCOL, Frances [...]
HIV/AIDS, gender and the media
September 4th, 2010 admin PROGRAMME LAUNCHED TO ADDRESS
The Southern African Editors Forum (SAEF) and twelve organisations last week launched the Southern African Media Action Plan on HIV/AIDS & Gender (MAP).MAP is a three-year programme that brings together a unique partnership between the media industry, civil society and the international community that aims to improve the quality of media [...]
Posted in Aids Tags: MAP, Rob Jamieson, SAEF, The Southern African Editors Forum, The Southern African Media Action Plan Comments OffAddressing the issue of women and HIV/AIDS
September 4th, 2010 admin The Women’s Leadership Centre has launched a project on women and HIV/AIDS and also held a workshop on those issues from 12 to 14 October. The workshop was attended by 30 women living with or affected by HIV/AIDS from all over Namibia, and it will result in a storybook as well as a social reader [...]
Posted in Aids Tags: Elizabeth Khaxas, Nadia Ihuhua, PEP, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, Roswita Ndumbu, The Women’s Leadership Centre Comments OffMassive aid needed for Children with AIDS
September 4th, 2010 admin Massive aid needed for Children with AIDS
The National Global Campaign on Children and AIDS is aware of the urgent need to massively upscale the response for children and adolescents affected by HIV/AIDS, and to mobilize the partnerships and resources necessary to do so. The Global Campaign has been prepared with all the key global [...]
Posted in Aids Tags: Agnes Samaria, MTSP, The Medium Term Strategic Plan, The Millennium Development Goals, UNICEF Comments OffMethealth launches HIV/AIDS outreach programme
September 4th, 2010 admin To assist in combating the Namibian HIV/AIDS pandemic, Methealth Namibia has implemented an extensive HIV/AIDS Outreach Program for Namibia Medical Care and Bankmed Namibia medical aid fund members, the company said in a statement.
The main aim of this programme was to assist members suffering from HIV/AIDS, in conjunction with their doctors, to receive the correct [...]
Posted in Aids Tags: Bankmed Namibia, Methealth Namibia, The Aids Clinical Section, The Aids Social Program, The NMC, The Nursing and Midwifery Council Comments OffAvis invests ¼ million in HIV/AIDS education
September 4th, 2010 admin Johannesburg “The Avis group of companies” total investment in AIDS education in southern Africa has almost topped the quarter of a million rand mark.
According to the latest figures supplied by the United Nations Global Aids Report for 2003, over two-thirds of the world’s infected population lives in southern Africa. The report says that during 2003, [...]
Posted in Aids Tags: Keith Rankin, The Avis group, The United Nations Global Aids Report Comments OffMuch needed aid to AIDS orphanages
September 4th, 2010 admin Yvonne’s Aids Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children’s Centre received a third of the proceeds of the “Fashion for Aids Orphans Extravaganza” organised by the Christina Swart-Opperman (CSO) Aids Orphan Foundation Trust in September.
An amount of N$27933 was donated and, according to the CSO Trust guidelines, consisted of. food, clothing and whatever else was needed at [...]
Posted in Aids Tags: Christina Swart-Opperman Aids Orphan Foundation Trust, Fashion for Aids Orphans Extravaganza, Yvonne’s Aids Orphans Comments Off