This Thursday, 21 January at 10am, we speak to Dr Anban Pillay, DDG @HealthZA on the work of the Department to is doing bring #COVID19Vaccines to people.

You can send questions in advance to tian@africanalliance.org.za

#COVID19Conversations
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85080633045

#RIPAndrewMosane details of Andrew Mosane's memorial service, tomorrow at 10am.

Global History of #pandemic. World has seen devastating pandemics from these invisible #bacteria or #viruses If #COVID19 is devastating than what about #BlackDeath or #Bubonic Plague(1347-1351) that took lives of over 200M people. #COVID19 will feature too now in this sad list

😊 Dubane was friendly and welcoming, the people asked a lot of questions and understood the importance of having safe sex.🍆🍑

As you go into the weekend, and probably meeting up with Bae! Did you know that @HealthZA gives you lubricant mahala? 🤔
#ChekaImpilo
#MAXimise4Life

So sad to announce the passing of Andrew Mosane - a huge loss to the entire @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL family. #RIPAndrew

TUNE into @eNCA tomorrow morning at 09h10am as Co-Chairperson of @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL & @CCFront @msletsike reacts to the @DBE_SA briefing on schools reopening in light of the rising surge of #Covid19inSA infections.

During today's meeting between @Winnie_Byanyima & @DrZweliMkhize Minister @HealthZA on the colliding AIDS/#COVID19 pandemics, the Minister confirmed 🇿🇦's strong support for the next #GlobalAIDSStrategy & commended the push for a #PeoplesVaccine

Minister of Health of South Africa, Dr Zweli Mkhize: "the situation we're living now must bring about transformation in our thinking and our approach to healthcare. And we need to ensure that we do not fall behind on our goals to end TB."

The Director of health services in the Ministry of Health of Eswatini, Samuel Vusi Magagula, highlights the challenges posed by COVID-19 to the #TB response in the country. This might have important impacts on #EndTB targets and it can reverse recent achievements.

📢 Webinar starting now!! What are the opportunities that will enable the acceleration of progress, close the gaps and strengthen the response and sustainability of TB services in South Africa? @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL join here: https://cutt.ly/xjvUArZ

To all my fellow Health care workers, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell
Proud of being one and proud of you all
#COVID19 #healthcareworkers #LockdownSA

Having a braai with friends or family? Here's how to keep your guests safe from #COVID19.
#CelebrateSafe

Did you know your choices while celebrating this festive season may also determine your family’s well-being? See how it went for Noko Mashaba and be careful what you bring home Bafowethu #CelebrateSafe #SaferHolidays

You are liable to a fine or imprisonment of up to six months if you do not ensure compliance with the regulations by your passengers, customers or employees #COVID19

Adolescents value privacy in their health care greatly - something we as health care workers need to take on board - even in our busy clinics we can improve their confidential experiences #hiv #Dsd @ClintonFdn @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL

How is South Africa doing against the 90-90-90 targets: all PLHIV: 93-73-88. But not so great with children <15:80-66-63; and 15-19: 92-71-81 @UNAIDS_ZAF @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @CsfSanac

Director of TB Control in @HealthZA dr @MvusiL earlier at the @UnionConference said in SA “chest X-rays found more cases than symptom screening, which means we need to revise our diagnostic algorithm to include the chest X-rays”. @DTHF_SA @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @CsfSanac @UCTHealthSci

Majority of new #COVID19 cases today are from WC (30%) followed by EC (24%) then KZN which accounted for 23%; and GP accounted for 17%. Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West each accounted for 1% of new cases respectively while Northern Cape accounted for less than 1%

Four provinces are showing major increases in positive #COVID19 cases: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. We are now in a #SecondWave

We confirm that we have now identified a number of #COVID19 confirmed cases from the following super spreaders rage matric events:
• Rage Ballito - 27/11 - 04/12
• Rage Plettenberg Bay - 27/11-05/12 • Rage Johannesburg - 12/12-13/12
• Rage Jeffery’s Bay - 26/11-6/12

Join us at @ScienceForumSA 2020 for a Youth dialogue on 'Being ALHIV' What do we know about #adolescents living with #HIV in South Africa? with @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @UNFPASA and the AIDS and Society Research Unit at @UCT_news more info http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/events/sfsa-2020/being-alhiv

Minister Naledi Pandor closed off the dialogue by pledging #DIRCO's support to Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and the @DWYPD_ZA to help raise awareness for the work that needs to be done to #StopGBV.

#16DaysOfActivism
#EnoughIsEnough
#IAmGenerationEquality

@msletsike @CGE_ZA

Yet an HIV vaccine feels every bit as critical and urgent as a COVID one.

Amb. Marks commemorated #WorldAIDSDay in Soweto with Deputy Pres. @DDMabuza, Min. @DrZweliMkhize, Joburg Mayor @GeoffMakhubo, Dr. Xulu of @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL, @msletsike of @CsfSanac, and @MbulawaMugabe of @UNAIDS_ZAF & highlighted the long-lasting partnership between @pepfar & 🇿🇦.

Dep Pres @DDMabuza during the #WorldAIDSDay2020 event in Soweto publicly offered to “become a father” to a young woman who spoke about her burden of being a rape survivor and living with #HIV. @SECTION27news @TAC @PlhivSector @russ421 @SibongileTsha14 @CsfSanac @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL

Painting the office red for World Aids Day. Today is a reminder that we need to constantly find creative and innovative ways to ensure that we provide effective treatment options to our patients, which is in line with our ethos of 'caring for life'.
#WorldAIDSDay #caringforlife

PANEL at 19h15 @Newzroom405 #NewsAtPrime with @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL Chair @msletsike, @CocekaNogoduka1 NSP Manager & Dr @MbulawaMugabe @UNAIDS_ZAF Director -they unpack @DDMabuza #WorldAIDSDay2020 speech, look at 90-90-90 progress, latest estimates & way forward in light of #COVID19

#WorldAIDSDay2020 @UNAIDS_ZAF Country Director Dr Mbulawa Mugabe delivers his message of support, to honour the millions of people have died from HI/Aids

In light of it being #WorldAidsDay, here’s a reminder to get tested & to know your status!

We must also recognize the work of activists, who through the Treatment Action Campaign have successfully fought against the denial & access to ARV’s in South Africa.

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The 3 steps to wellness @HealthZA @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL #WorldAIDSDay2020 #WAD2020 #ChekaImpilo

Deputy President David Mabuza is expected to deliver the keynote address at the #WorldAidsDay commemoration in Soweto. @KhayaJames is there with more on the story. #Today Courtesy #DStv403

#WorldAidsDay South African Deputy President David Mabuza has arrived in Soweto where he's going to deliver the keynote address.

#WorldAidsDay We are in Soweto, South Africa to mark World Aids Day. UNAIDS wants countries to adopt bold and achievable targets, people centred approach and we need to stem the tide against the pandemic.

Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi says "World Aids Day is still as relevant as it was all these years"
#WorldAIDSDay #WorldAIDSDay2020 @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL

.@HealthZA and @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL are urging communities to get their checked at their nearest clinic #WorldAIDSDay2020 #WAD2020 #ChekaImpilo

Demands by PLHIV in Gauteng to make index testing rights-based.

MEC for Social Development in the Northern Cape passionately thanking the people of the Province for their cooperation during the fight against COVID-19 thus far. @nc_doh @The_DSD @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL

#WorldAIDSDay
#WorldAIDSDay2020
#socialdevelopment
#northerncape

On #WorldAIDSDay, @PEPFAR and our 🇿🇦 partners remember those we’ve lost to HIV-related illness and rededicate ourselves to providing care & treatment to people living with #HIV & preventing new infections. Working together, we can stop HIV. Let’s #MakeHIVHistory.

Rhyno Davidson, Chairperson of the Sport, Arts & Culture Sector in the Western Cape was in George, Pacalsdorp leading the sector's #COVID19, HIV and TB Awareness campaign. #ChekaImpilo #WorldAIDSDay2020
#CommunitiesMatter

These dialogues will amongst other things, serve as a platform to educate men about their responsibilities and roles of protecting vulnerable women and children against various social ills including the scourge of gbv. Preventing GBVF before it happens is critical.
@TakuwaniRiime

Mbali(12yrs) invites you to their young women and girls dialogue on HIV prevention and family planning.@pozcandy @drtlaleng @NtokozoZakwe @VuyisekaDubula @RobinGorna @ONECampaign

Adolescent girls and young women are heavily affected and face significant risks from the HIV epidemic. Worldwide, 5500 young women aged 15-24 acquire an HIV infection every week. UNAIDS calls on countries to step up global action and meet new targets.
https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/documents/2020/prevailing-against-pandemics

[ON AIR] Joining @sindivanzyl this evening on #SidebarWithSindi is CEO of @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL Dr Thembisile Xulu for a conversation about her upbringing, career & experience as a public health practitioner focusing on HIV and TB

Join the conversation on 086 00 00 959
#KayaFMTalk

Dr Thembisile Xulu is a seasoned public health practitioner with a special focus on our #HIV and TB response, and the CEO of @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL

I'll be talking to Dr Xulu on #SidebarWithSindi at 7PM @KayaFMTalk #KayaFMTalk

Let's find out what makes Dr Xulu tick

☎️ 086 00 00 959

As, @CsfSanac we call on governments around the world to prioritize #GBVF, finance the psycho-socio-medical response which requires urgent action at all levels, in all spaces and by all people.

#16Days #16DaysOfActivism #StopGBV #EnoughIsEnough

PrEP is for everyone who feel they are at risk of HIV. It is the use of antiretrovirals that keeps HIV-negative people from getting infected. Check out this link for more: https://myprep.co.za
#PEPFAR4PrEP #PrEP4Me

#WorldAIDSDay2020 is premised within #ChekaImpilo in realization of the 90-90-90 strategy launched by @UNAIDS in 2014.

Global theme, "Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility" South African theme, "We are in this together, #ChekaImpilo"

More details on commemoration to follow!

@UNDPSouthAfrica @althea_swartz @riseupforgirls @endGBV @Action24regionl @SexRightsAfrica @irantiorg @AneleSiswana1 @SisterLoveInc @InfoHurisa @SAfAIDS @SonkeTogether @NSM_ZA @GBVnet @ABInBevFdtn @Abantu_ @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @HRI_ZA @boellza @CGE_ZA

. @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL Women's Sector meeting underway with various Office Bearers, led by Cde Silungile Mtambo meeting with various stakeholders to engage on HIV, TB, STIs, #COVID19, & #GBVF response. The meeting has been organised by the Women's Secretariat hosted by @AccessChapter2

To mark the approaching 16 days of activism for No violence Against Women, our CEO @RamneekHH will be a panelist at University Of Johannesburg. See post for more details.
@mediauj @HigherEduGovZA
#HigherHealthAtWork
#GenderBasedViolence

We would like to officially welcome the new @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL SANAC CEO, Dr Thembisile Xulu, to her first SANAC Plenary as a CEO, and wish her well in her new tenure. #sanacplenary

We noted that South Africa has the highest number of people infected with TB in the world, and therefore @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL must continue to focus on implementing commitments made at the High Level Meeting on TB in 2019; #sanacplenary

We meet today as the @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL plenary. In our last Extended Plenary in November last year in #Mpumalanga, we resolved to intensify our response with a particular focus on prevention and accessible services to key populations. #sanacplenary

As we meet today as the @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL Plenary, we wish to remind ourselves that the road ahead in defeating HIV and TB is very long, and it needs each and every one of us to do what is right in their areas of leadership working in a collaborative and collective approach.

The UN calls on men in South Africa to confront perpetrators of gender-based violence, report incidents and support women affected. "Take responsibility. Take back your streets," @unwomenSA head Anne Githuku-Shongwe told the #MensParliament today, on behalf of @UNinSouthAfrica

We are concerned that the national positivity rate is 12% for the 2nd time this week. Ideally, the positivity rate should be 10% or less and we have been able to maintain this since 6 September.Of note the Eastern Cape comprises 1 691 of these new cases which is 54,4% of new

"Women have to be part of this dialogue.. We asking the men of South Africa to hear us. While you take care of your physical health you need to take care of your mental health." Dr Thembisile Xulu CEO of @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL
#MensParliament
#MenChampioningChange
#MensSector

Eastern Cape AIDS Council in partnership @Dispatch_DD will be in conversation on Tuesday 24th, about "Regaining the lost ground on HIV due to #COVID19" via Zoom at 16h30

JOIN us to engage on preventative measures we all can work on so we don't lose the gains made in HIV response

#MensParliament - Cape Town:

"Do we lack empathy as men? Lets speak out against anything that is wrong - this, I call the highest form of empathy. It starts with us NOW!"

End #GBV NOW

Hon. Mr B B Nodada, MP
Democratic Alliance
@Our_DA @ParliamentofRSA @The_DSD @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL

"Men of South Africa are apologizing to women for our behavior. We apologize"
Secretary General of Men's Sector Archbishop Mbulelo Dyasi.
#MenChampioningChange
#MensParliament
#MensSector
@ParliamentofRSA
@The_DSD
@SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @TakuwaniRiime https://twitter.com/HendriettaZ/status/1329479010477355013/photo/1

We are currently meeting with Ministers in @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL IMC to also look at further strengthening the national response to HIV, TB and Covid-19 epidemics, through partnerships between government, civil society and business.

"We don't want #GBV and #femicide to be limited to board rooms, but rather develop a systems approach at the community level for better use of human & financial resources."

Hon. Ms L D Zulu, MP
Minister of Social Development

@ParliamentofRSA @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @The_DSD

Happening in Cape Town:

"Men's Day is aimed at healing and promoting positive male role models in society."

Dr Jerome Teelucksingh
Founder of the International Men’s Day

@ParliamentofRSA @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @The_DSD @AzaliHealth

"let our community be known as GBV free area. Men need to take leadership roles to address issues against violence against women"
Minister of @DWYPD_ZA Honorable @maite_nkoana
#MenChampioningChange
@The_DSD @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @TakuwaniRiime

Deputy President @DDMabuza is chairing the @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL Inter-Ministerial Committee to amongst others prepare for the upcoming World Aids Day on 1 December 2020.

With support from @GlobalFund, we're launching 10 mobile wellness clinics in vulnerable communities across the country this week to prevent HIV and TB and provide health services to those most at risk: https://www.nacosa.org.za/2020/11/19/mobile-clinics-bring-health-services-to-communities/ #EndHIV #WorldAIDSDay

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To: All Media

SOUTH AFRICAN MEN AND BOYS CONVENE IN PARLIARMENT DISCUSS THEIR ROLE IN PREVENTING SOCIAL ILLS INCLUDING GBVF.
@THE_DSD @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @TakuwaniRiime

Today between 10:00 & 12:00 I'll be part of a webinar to discuss challenges faced by Women Who Use Drugs in accessing essential services in #SouthAfrica @The_DSD @UNODC @SANPUD_NPO #HumanRights

Let’s work together to eliminate cervical cancer ⁦@DrNonoSimelela⁩ ⁦@WHO⁩ ⁦@UNAIDS⁩ ⁦@SA_AIDSCOUNCIL⁩

Latest estimates is that HIV incidence in South Africa declined by 57% between 2010-2019 @HealthZA @UNAIDS_ZAF @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL

Don't forget to join the #BeTeamWomen, as they unpack advantages that the newly announced long-acting injectable PrEP will have for HIV positive women.

TOMORROW, 18 Nov 2020 at 18h00 (CAT)

We extends our best wishes to President @CyrilRamaphosa, who previously served as @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL Co-Chair, as he celebrates his 68th birthday 🥳

Happy Birthday Matamela, have a splendid year ahead!

#HappyBirthdayCyrilRamaphosa #CyrilRamaphosa