Despite positive steps being taken by the country’s transport sector in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the prevalence rate is on the increase, Minister of Works, Transport and Communication Joel Kaapanda said last week.Kaapanda said there is need for coordinated efforts in the fight against the deadly epidemic.Workers who operate in the transport sector [...]

GENEVA – The World Day
for Safety and Health was observed with over 100 events worldwide – from the
Caucasus to the Caribbean, from Armenia to Addis Ababa. The special theme of
this year’s observance called for attention to HIV/AIDS as an occupational
safety and health issue.

“The global epidemic
of HIV/AIDS hits hardest those of working age and all who [...]

The Okakarara
Sports Association HIV/AIDS tournament received a major boost last week when Methealth
Namibia Administrators announced that it would co-sponsor the event that takes
place in September.

The two-day
tournament, which aims at developing such sporting codes as football and
netball, runs from 9 to 10 September.

Last week
Methealth Namibia Administrators donated N$2500 towards the tournament, this
which the company’s corporate affairs [...]

(IRIN) – Media coverage of health issues in sub-Saharan
Africa has been inadequate in terms of both content and quantity, but more
creative approaches are now being used to address these shortcomings.

“Some major social issues of our times are simply not
covered, like gender and AIDS,” Colleen Lowe Morna, director of
GenderLinks, a Southern African think-tank, told African editors [...]

The second annual Pan African Health Congress takes place at
the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa between 29 and 31
August 2006. This year the Congress explores a theme which represents possibly
the single most important issue facing this continent’s healthcare decision
makers, that of “Accessing and Managing Funding for Healthcare Initiatives in
Africa.”

Central to the Congress is [...]

The Namibian government has noted the report of the United
Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS and endorsed the
Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS of the 60th United Nations General Assembly
for implementation in Namibia, a statement from the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting said this week.

Minister of Health and Social Services Richard Kamwi
attended the UN General Assembly [...]

GENEVA, Switzerland, – In a major step to help businesses
across Africa to scale up their response to the global HIV/AIDS threat, the
Global Health Initiative (GHI) of the World Economic Forum this week launched a
set of guidelines – based on a new proven approach – aimed at enabling small
and medium size companies (SMEs) to implement HIV/AIDS [...]

The Christina Swart-Opperman (CSO) Aids Orphan Foundation Trust joined hands with management and learners at the Windhoek High School to launch a Volunteer Support Project for the Orlindi’s Place of Safety this week.
Claudia Namises, Coordinator: Orlindi’s Place of Safety Project, Christina Swart-Opperman, Founder of the CSO Trust, Elsabe van Vuuren, Gerome and Nanci, after the [...]

(PLUSNEWS) – The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of southern African countries has dropped by 2.6% because of HIV/AIDS, according to the development NGO, ActionAid International. This is reflected mostly in a decline in agricultural output.
“There is a direct link between HIV/AIDS prevalence and the drop in food production in the region,” the head of ActionAid’s [...]

The Walvis Bay Corridor Group has so far trained 50 peer educators in HIV/AIDS in Windhoek.
According to the current edition of Ecorridor, the newsletter of the group, it has also conducted education campaigns in the coastal towns.
Staff from Namport, TransNamib, FP du Toit, Unitrans, Wesbank, Transworld Cargo and Kuehne and Nagel learned about HIV/AIDS during [...]