Welcome to AIDSbuzz

AIDSbuzz salutes the many individuals and organisations involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS

AIDSbuzz hopes to increase the capacity of Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) by providing information on how to access resources and achieve goals, as well as encourage greater networking between such organisations, government departments and concerned individuals and companies wishing to help.

AIDSbuzz is a collaboration between Metropolitan and Investec.  The two companies are committed to providing a space on the worldwide web to help support the many different NPOs, companies and individuals that are making a positive difference to the lives of people affected and infected by HIV and AIDS throughout South Africa.

AIDSbuzz Features:

NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF ORGANISATIONS
Featuring over 1 000 NPOs and health facilities offering support and treatment to people throughout South Africa who are affected or infected by HIV and AIDS.  
Quick Links: Find an Organisation

TRAINING
Featuring organisations offering different types of training courses in all aspects of HIV and AIDS management. 
Quick Links: Ancillary Health Care  Counselling Skills  Diploma and Postgraduate Courses  General courses in HIV and AIDS  Home-Based Care  Treatment Literacy

MOBILE DIRECTORY OF ORGANISATIONS
SMS the word AIDS followed by the name of a suburb or town and the type of activity to 33110. The main activity categories include: ART, VCT, HBC, OVC, Hospice, Food, Education, Income, Grants, +Mothers and General (click here for more details). The names and telephone numbers of several appropriate organisations will be sent to your mobile. The toll-free National Aids Helpline number, 0800-012-322, will be sent if no information is available. This request is not case sensitive; AIDS Soweto OVC or aids soweto ovc, will both work, as will AIDS OVC Soweto. The cost of each SMS is R1.50.

FUNDING
Providing information on fundraising, funding proposals, writing reports, donors and government funding.
Quick Links: Fundraising  Funding Proposals  Writing Reports Donors  Government Funding

BUILDING STRONG ORGANISATIONS
Providing information on running an effective NPO (registration, tax, reporting, publicity) and Umbrella HIV and AIDS organisations, which are helping to improve the capacity of organisations working in this field.
Quick Links: Getting Started  Umbrella Organisations

HOW TO HELP
For those interested in helping, this section covers: what is needed, how to use volunteers, volunteer organisations and employee volunteering.
Quick Links: What is Needed  How to Use Volunteers  Volunteer Organisatinons  Employee Volunteering

SOCIAL GRANTS
Providing information on the government grants that are available and answers to frequently asked questions.
Quick Links: Child Support Grant  Care Dependency Grant  Foster Care Grant  Disability Grant  FAQs

TREATMENT
Providing information on VCT, ART, ART rollout, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, post-exposure prophylaxis, nutrition and traditional medicines.
Quick Links:  Counselling & Testing  Antiretroviral Treatment  Antiretroviral Rollout  Mother-to-Child Transmission  Post-Exposure Prophylaxis  Nutritional Support for HIV  Traditional Medicine
 

Champion: Father Mvuyo


Father Mvuyo smiles with pleasure. “You know”, he says, “the first four months were very hard. The children were unsettled, badly behaved and you couldn’t trust them. Now they are learning to trust and be trusted. It is so good to see. Aidsbuzz Editors Linda McCourt-Scott, Christine Sievers and photographer Garth Meyer took a closer look at efforts in the Midlands.  Read More

 

Aidsbuzz Champions

Hall of Fame

Welcome to the site where we celebrate ordinary people doing extraordinary things to help their communities deal with the HIV and AIDS epidemic.

These people are truly AIDSbuzz Champions - they have made AIDS their business by dedicating their time and talents to helping those worst hit by the disease. We chose the word champion carefully. It means a conqueror, a hero, a victor and a winner. It also describes a person who fights for a cause or another person. Both of these descriptions fit the people we have chosen to honour perfectly.

Some of our Champions are infected with HIV but have not allowed their disease to defeat them. Instead they have decided to speak openly about their status and try to prevent others from becoming infected like themselves. Our other Champions are fighting tirelessly to uplift and better the lives of those who have been affected by the epidemic.


SMS Aids to 33110

SMS the word AIDS followed by the name of a suburb or town and the type of activity to 33110. The main activity categories include: ART, VCT, HBC, OVC, Food, Education, Income,
Grants, Mothers and General. (click here for more detais )

News Feed: Eye on Aids

  • Symptomatic diagnosis as good as lab trials
    Aids sufferers whose treatment is assessed by simple clinical signs are almost on a par with those whose therapies are based on advanced laboratory analysis, the World Health Organisation says.
  • Adverse effects of ARVs depend on race, gender: study
    Although the overall rate of adverse events among HIV-positive people initiating antiretroviral treatment does not differ significantly among different races and genders, there are significant differences for specific adverse events, according to a recently published study.
  • Peace Corps not Aids-friendly, says journalist
    A Peace Corps volunteer that was discharged after he was diagnosed HIV-positive is a victim of discriminatory policy, a Washington Post journalist claims.
  • Government urged to raise treatment standards
    HIV and Aids treatment guidelines for South Africa's public health sector are out of sync not only with many other countries and also the latest research on effective treatment.