HIV Experts present on 30th October: Herbal Meds for HIV and Fire Breathing Talk regarding HIV Prevention - Book your seat now!

Dr David Walwyn has interesting views on the opportunities and barriers regarding local ART development and will present "The Use of Natural Plant Extracts to Treat HIV: Hot Potato or Herbal Medicine" - 6pm

Dr Tom Coates is an international heavyweight in the HIV Prevention Arena. He breathes fire in tackling our biggest challenge surrounding HIV, and he has promised to rock you all. He will present "Why is HIV Prevention Failing" - 7.30pm

Venue: The Pharmaceutical Society Building, 52 Glenhove Road, Houghton, Johannesburg

Bookings: Cloe Hardy, 011 341 0162, hardyc@sahivsoc.org

Pictures from the Wellness Day

Teenagers do not fall pregnant to get the child support grant - Francois Venter

The HSRC has conducted research that shows that it is a myth that (young) women fall pregnant to get a child support grant of R210 per month = R7 per day. Read more by clicking on the links below:

Download the Full Report

or view summaries of the research:

http://intranet.hsrc.ac.za/HSRC_Review_Article-49.phtml

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20070313013729426C258097

Francois Venter recommends this article on circumcision:

Urgent action required to 'roll out' circumcision in South Africa.

"As more and more people in sub-Saharan Africa become needlessly infected with HIV, the time has come for urgent and decisive leadership, not circular and unscientific arguments about an intervention whose efficacy has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt,"
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Getting Research Results to the People that Matter

Using Research to...

1. Influence Policy Makers
2. Increase the Practice of Evidence Based Medicine
3. Keep Communities Informed.

The Programme for Research & Capacity Building in Sexual & Reproductive Health & HIV in Developing Countries is holding a Communications Training Workshop in London. Mdu Mntambo and William Mapham are attending the workshop and are sharing experiences with colleagues from Ghana, Tanzania, America and the United Kingdom.
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