Reports from the AIDS Support

Reshma reports: Last February I was tested and found out that I was HIV positive.

During the journey through the slums, Father Gerhard and his brother are confronted with pure poverty.

Training opened a career in nursing for Nomusa Nxumalo. She went on to support people receiving HIV treatment.

Mvelo arrived at the Care Centre very ill. Regular treatment gave him strength for school, play and everyday life.

A therapeutic counsellor supported a grandmother caring for five grandchildren with regular visits, grant applications and food parcels.

AIDS treatment saves lives

Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) can completely change the life of an AIDS patient who would otherwise be doomed to die soon, allowing him or her to continue…

5 Years of Blessed Gérard's Hospice HAART Programme Service

On 5 August 2003, BBC Newsnight broadcast the programme "BBC Newsnight 5 August 2003: Hilary Andersson reported from the first national AIDS…

15 years of service of Blessed Gérard's HIV/AIDS Awareness Programme

In 1994, our newsletter said: "Eighteen members of our fraternity participated in a course for trainers in AIDS prevention,…

AIDS patients are treated through the HAART programme, the use of highly effective antiretroviral drugs. By taking these drugs regularly, infected people can live up to 25 years longer in good health.…