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ARASA's Regional Treatment Literacy and Advocacy Co-ordinator Honoured with International Award


29 March 2008

 

We are extremely proud to announce that Gregg Gonsalves, the

Co-ordinator of our regional treatment literacy and advocacy

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Posted By: Michaela Clayton

ENDORSE THE DECLARATION NOW!! Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever


September 2007

10 Reasons Why Human Rights Should Occupy the Center of the Global AIDS Struggle
At the 2006 United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, world leaders reaffirmed that “the full realization of all human rights and fund ..... read more

Posted By: M. Clayton

AIDS and Human Rights Organizations Condemn the Firing of South African Deputy Health Minister


9 August 2007

Windhoek, Namibia, 9 August 2007Today, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) condemned the South African government for the dismissal of Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. < ..... read more

Posted By: Michaela Clayton

New ARASA staff members


04/07/2007

Two new staff members, Luyanda Ngonyama and Jacob Segale, joined existing ARASA staff in a planning & orientation meeting at ARASA offices in Namibia in early May before heading off for human rights training in Swaziland.  Luyanda Ngonyama is ARASA's new Advocacy and Lobbying Coordinator and Jacob Segale is ARASA's new Training Officer.  Welcome Luyanda ..... read more

Posted By: Jacob

ARASA joins call to African Health Ministers to keep their promises


10 April 2007

PDF version of the statement

ARASA has joined other civil society organisations in calling on African Health Ministers attending the Third Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health from 9 to 13 April 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to keep the promises they ..... read more

Posted By: Michaela Clayton

Human Rights and AIDS Organisations Condemn Rise in HIV Denialism and Quack Cures in Zambia


7 March 2007

(Windhoek, Namibia, 7 MArch 2007) - Today, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), a partnership of human rights and HIV/AIDS organisations in the 14 countries of southern Africa, denounced American charlatan, Boyd E. Graves, for peddling false AIDS cures in Zamiba, where his claims to be able to treat HIV infection are creating mass confusion across the country among people l ..... read more

Posted By: Michaela Clayton & Gregg Gonsalves

ARASA HIV/AIDS and Human Rights in Southern Africa Advocacy Resource Manual now available online


27 February 2007

The newly published ARASA HIV/AIDS and Human Rights in Southern Africa Advocacy Resource Manual is now available online. Click on the Publications link to download your copy. Hard copies of the manual can be ordered from collette@arasa.org.na free of charge. Please help us with assessing the usefulness of the manual by giving us feedback on whether it has ..... read more

Posted By: Michaela Clayton

ARASA enters its next growth phase


February 2007

ARASA is set to move into its next growth phase after undergoing an external evaluation conducted in the second half of 2006 and completing a strategic planning process during February 2007. The strategic planning was attended by trustees, members of the three programme steering committees and staff and gave us an opportunity to reflect on past successess and failures, to revisit our mission, visi ..... read more

Posted By: Michaela Clayton

HIV AIDS and Human Rights in SADC Report by ARASA


07 Dcember 2006

2006 marked the tenth anniversary of the development of the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. To mark this occasion the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) released a report of an evaluation of the steps taken by SADC countries to implement t ..... read more

Posted By: Michaela Clayton

ARASA opens its new regional office in Namibia


6 September 2006

ARASA reached a milestone in its development on 6 September 2006 with the opening of its regional offices in Windhoek by the Hon. Minister of Health and Social Services of Namibia Dr Richard Kamwi. The Director, Trustees and staff of ARASA were joined by 30 colleagues and friends of ARASA to celebrate the opening of the regional office. ..... read more

Posted By: Michaela Clayton