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This section provides links to useful articles and documents that complement the topics covered on the AIDSbuzz website.
It has been divided into the following categories to help you find the information of interest: ART Rollout; Faith-based documents focusing on HIV and AIDS; General Interest; Nutrition; Orphans and Vulnerable Children; VCT.
Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Rollout
The AIDS Law Project (ALP) and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
monitor the ART rollout and prepare statistics and reports in order to
match the figures with those provided by the government.
Patients receiving ART in the nine different provinces 2006
Patients receiving ART in the donor and private sector, September 2006
Many people are confused about whether South African Identity Documents
are required in order to access ART, including the medical staff
responsible for administering the treatment. The following document
provides definitive evidence that this is not the case and that ART is available to everyone who qualifies.
Faith-based documents focusing on HIV and AIDS
Support for the following document was provided by the
Global Bureau of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID), under the terms of the CORE Initiative Award. The CORE
Initiative is a USAID-funded global program designed to support an
inspired, effective, and inclusive response to the causes and
consequences of HIV and AIDS by strengthening the capacity of
community- and faith-based groups worldwide.
HIV, AIDS, Islam. A Workshop Manual Based on Compassion, Responsibility and Justice
General interest
The following document is the government's HIV and AIDS and STI strategic plan for South Africa
2007-2011. The plan defines the nature of the
South African HIV and AIDS problem and identifies key interventions to
be carried out in order to reduce the rate of new HIV infections. It
also recognises the plight of the many people that are living with HIV
and AIDS and outlines relevant interventions to mitigate the impact of
this disease on individuals, families and communities.
Government's National Strategic Plan (Draft 10 NSP 2007)
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) produces a regular publication
entitled Equal Treatment. This covers topical issues within the field
of HIV and AIDS. The latest issue addresses the government's National
Strategic Plan, the importance of HIV education, how TAC's literacy
programme has changed lives, and AIDS and the media.
TAC Equal Treatment - The Source of HIV/AIDS (March 2006)
TAC Equal Treatment - Children and HIV (Dec 2007/Jan 2008)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has
released a new report describing the health worker crisis in southern
Africa and its impact on scaling up HIV and AIDS treatment. The report
describes the situation in four countries: South Africa, Lesotho,
Malawi and Mozambique.
Help Wanted: confronting the health care worker crisis to expand access to HIV and AIDS treatment
Three South African mortality audit reports: Saving Mothers, Saving Babies and Saving Children, provide a review of the health care provided to mothers, babies and children. These reports help to guide priorities for the National Department of Health and all levels of health service delivery. In 'Every Death Counts', the authors of these three reports have come together in order to provide a unified call for action to save the lives of South Africa's mothers babies and children.
Every Death Counts 2008
Nutrition
The CINDI organisation in KwaZulu-Natal has produced an illustrated
22-page booklet on the importance of good nutrition in HIV disease,
which is available in both English and isiZulu.
Living and eating well (English)
Living and eating well (isiZulu)
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
The ‘Children at the Centre’ series has been compiled by Save the
Children, UK and is written for organisations that support community
groups working with vulnerable children. It is drawn from the
experiences of Save the Children across Africa where such community
groups or committees form the backbone of their work with vulnerable
children (whether as a result of HIV and AIDS, conflict or other
causes).
Children at the Centre - a guide to supporting community groups caring for vulnerable children
The following Save the Children report focuses on
the plight of children in southern Africa who cross borders
unaccompanied in search of work and education in neighbouring
countries. Many of these children are from the poorest and most
vulnerable households and have lost their parents as a result of HIV
and Aids. These children are often exploited and abused once they
arrive in the host country, and their undocumented status often means
that they are denied essential services and assistance. This report
aims to inform legislation, policy-making and programming in order to
ensure that these very vulnerable children are better protected.
Children on the move: protecting unaccompanied migrant children in
South Africa and the region
Also written by Save the Children, this next report contains a
detailed analysis on the challenges of channelling resources to
communities responding to orphans and vulnerable children in southern
Africa.
Bottle Necks and Drip Feeds
UNICEF's 2007 and 2008 reports focus on both women and children,
as any benefits gained by women in terms of equality in the household, education, employment and politics and government, as well as health, are
immediately passed on to their children.
State of the World's Children 2007
State of the World's Children 2008
The following guide has been produced by REPSSI, a regional
capacity-building organisation working in Southern and Eastern Africa
to enhance the psychosocial well-being of all children affected by HIV
and AIDS, poverty and conflict.
Psychosocial care and support for young children and infants in the time
of HIV and AIDS: A resource for programming
The following document covers the government's latest legislation concerning children in South Africa.
Children Amendment Bill
The Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, produces the South African Child Gauge report each year with a new theme. The central theme of the first 2005 edition is 'Children in the context of HIV and AIDS'. 'Children and Poverty' is the theme of the second 2006 edition and the third edition (2007/8) focuses on children's rights to social services. This edition covers the policy and legislative developments that provide the foundation for realising this important but often neglected and misunderstood right.
Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT)
The following document was produced by the Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum at their 9th meeting in Cape Town, October 2006.
New models for scaling up VCT in South Africa
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