Donna E. Shalala Honored With Nelson Mandela Award For Health And Human Rights

Arthur Chaskalson and Wangari Maathai Receive the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2007 Mandela Health & Human Rights Award

To better understand the attitudes of young South Africans towards the media's role in HIV prevention and education, Kaiser and the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation conducted a survey of nearly 4,000 South Africans ages 15-24 between August and December 2006.

An overview of KFF activities at and resources for the XV International AIDS Conference, including webcasts, satellite sessions, and reports.

Makhalemele, the first African woman to publicly declare her HIV positive status, was recognized for her courageous and dedicated personal efforts to break the stigma of HIV/AIDS in advancing the rights of people affected by HIV/AIDS to treatment, care and support.

This fact sheet explores the results of a survey of young South Africans about HIV and sexual behavior.

This national survey of HIV and sexual behavior among the country's 15-24 year-olds identifies trends in HIV infection and related determinants of infection among young people. The report also gauges the impact of loveLife on HIV and related risk behaviors.

With South Africa in the grips of the devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic, an unprecedented survey found that 1 in 10 South African youth are HIV positive and more than three-quarters of them are women.  Nearly one in four women aged 20-24 are HIV positive compared to 1 in 14 men of the same age.

The Cape Town-based HIV/AIDS treatment advocacy group, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), has been awarded the 2003 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. TAC is recognized for its historic contribution to advancing the rights of people living with...

The work of loveLife is supported by the loveTrain a sexual health education center and clinic on rails and the loveTours a mobile radio broadcast unit.