Sports Stars Campaign for HIV Prevention

Top South African and international sportsmen will lend their star power to a campaign that promotes HIV prevention, and relegates violence against women and children.

Professional Football Player Teko Modise

President Jacob Zuma

Professional Rugby Player John Smit

  • South Africa:   Sports Stars Urge Men to 'Do the Right Thing'

    PlusNews, 1 June 2010

    A team of top South African and international sportsmen will lend their star power to a campaign that promotes HIV prevention, and relegates violence against women and children. Read more »

  • South Africa:   Sports Stars Join HIV, Aids Fight

    BuaNews, 2 June 2010

    When the biggest names in soccer arrive in South Africa within the next few days, winning the World Cup will not be their only mission. Read more »

  • South Africa:   President Urged to Push G20 for Universal HIV Care

    Business Day, 2 June 2010

    THE Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has urged President Jacob Zuma to advocate universal access to HIV treatment, prevention and care when he meets other Group of 20 (G20) leaders… Read more »

  • Africa:   Leaders Go Public with the Test

    UNIRIN, 3 May 2010

    South African President Jacob Zuma recently launched one of the most ambitious voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaigns in history by disclosing his HIV-negative status. Read more »

  • South Africa:   Lovers, Fathers and Brothers

    UNIRIN, 26 May 2009

    The days of South African men waiting at the kerbside while girlfriends and wives queue at the clinic for antenatal visits are gone; a new programme aims to create a new idea of… Read more »

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