Aids plan seeks to halve infection rate in five years
South Africa used World Aids Day yesterday to launch a five-year plan to combat the disease that will focus on cutting the number of new infections by half and getting drugs to 80% of those in need by 2011. More...
South Africa used World Aids Day yesterday to launch a five-year plan to combat the disease that will focus on cutting the number of new infections by half and getting drugs to 80% of those in need by 2011. More...
Break The Cycle
Little did Sue and Luke Short in Sedgefield and Michael and Jaqueline Symes in Brisbane, Australia realise that they would make such a difference to the communities of Knysna from across continents. More...
Dance benefit in Tennessee to raise money for Knysna Aids Council in Africa
Students will have a chance to dance for a cause this Friday evening at the World Grotto in Tennessee, USA, as part of the Honors Council's "Aid for Africa" benefit. More
World Aids Day
Little did Sue and Luke Short in Sedgefield and Michael and Jaqueline Symes in Brisbane, Australia realise that they would make such a difference to the communities of Knysna from across continents. More...
Dance benefit in Tennessee to raise money for Knysna Aids Council in Africa
Students will have a chance to dance for a cause this Friday evening at the World Grotto in Tennessee, USA, as part of the Honors Council's "Aid for Africa" benefit. More
World Aids Day
Knysna AIDS Council (KAC) marked World AIDS Day this week with a resounding "Dankie!" to its supporters in 2005 -- and a commitment to expand its outreach programmes even further in 2006. More...
Exceptional Threat from Aids
The United Nations anti-Aids agency says the exceptional global threat posed by the disease can be met only by an equally exceptional response. On World Aids Day, the executive director of UNAids, Peter Piot, said proper investment could roll back the progress of the disease. More...
Department of Health Funding
The United Nations anti-Aids agency says the exceptional global threat posed by the disease can be met only by an equally exceptional response. On World Aids Day, the executive director of UNAids, Peter Piot, said proper investment could roll back the progress of the disease. More...
Department of Health Funding
Negotiations have been held between the Knysna Aids Council and the Regional Southern Cape and Karoo Health department after the department cancelled funding to the council. More...
A foundation run by former US President Bill Clinton has negotiated a deal that will cut the cost of HIV testsand Aids treatment in developing countries. More...
A pioneering programme led by plumbers in the Knysna area is set to become a nationwide model for raising money to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. More...
Knysna AIDS Council and Magnum Shield, a provider of security services, recently teamed up to take a major step forward in spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS in the southern Cape region. More...
More than 100 people gathered in Hornlee on 21 January for the Hornlee Music Festival, organised by Jan Davids of Cool Sound, a company specialising in sound. More...
Several Knysna area churches and ministries banded together for Women's World Day of Prayer on Friday 3 March, providing a much-needed boost for Knysna AIDS Council's programmes which support area families affected by HIV/AIDS. More...
Everyone gathered on 13 April at Nombulelo's home where the children celebrated Easter with Knysna Aids Council Staff and Volunteers. Food and gifts were distributed to the children and there were many happy faces. More...
The new home of the Knysna Aids Council (KAC), Melrose House, was officially opened on 10th September 2004 in an interdenominational ceremony that took place in the middle of Queen Street. More...
Knysna Anti-Retroviral Therapy Centre - Up and running. Five Aids patients are currently receiving free anti-retroviral (ARV) medication at the new anti retroviral centre in the Knysna Provincial Hospital. More...
South Africa's population may be growing at only a third of the official estimate - largely because of HIV and Aids.
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Stars such as Will Smith, Annie Lennox and Queen have taken part in Nelson Mandela's second Aids benefit concert in South Africa. More...
Africa's poverty is "a scar on the conscience of the world", UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More...
The former Labour culture secretary, Chris Smith 53, has revealed he has been HIV-positive for 17 years. More...
The rock star Bono has launched a new global brand, Product Red, with a share of profits to go to the fight against Aids in Africa. More...
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