Centre for HIV and AIDS Research-UB (CHAR)

Workshop of the Dissemination of the Findings/ Results of the SADC funded project entitled “University students and HIV and AIDS in southern Africa: Health survey to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices in Botswana, Mauritius, Namibia, Swaziland and the Democratic Republic of Congo” 16th September – 18th September 2014 which was held in Gaborone Sun Hotel

OPERATION MOKOLODI.
Centre for HIV and AIDS Research, on March 12th, took the Youth of UB to Mokolodi Nature Reserve, the purpose for the trip was to promote the presence and the role of young people as positive actors of change in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

Its WORLD AIDS DAY TODAY!
The global theme for this World AIDS Day is Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths.

TEAM!

why do you think people with HIV/AIDS are stigmatized?and what do you think we can do to prevent stigma?

We have separate specialists and wards for cardiac problems, cancer, diabetes and other chronic illnesses, and yet why is it stigmatising to have separate wards for patients living with HIV? Would the stigma be less if HIV was lumped together with other diseases/illnesses?

an HIV/AIDS Free generation begins with you/me..what are you doing to make sure that this become possible?

hello guys. we are looking for young people, preferably university students and graduate who are into ART (drawing)==Batshwantshi. we have a workshop coming Tuesday 25th June therefore if you are interested kindly hit us with an inbox with your particulars so that we put you in the list. it will be ART in relation to HIV and AIDS (how we can send out msgs on HIV and AIDS through ART). my target number is 20 young people. ga ose MOTSHWANTSHI please this is not for you.

hello good people..hw have you been?

DID U KNOW?

There are currently 2 major types of HIV-HIV1 and HIV2.There is also another minor type of HIV3 and in 2009 it was announced in France that a futher type, HIV4, had been discovered.
Both HIV 1 and 2 are thought to have evolved from versions of the virus found in certain monkey species.For example HIV 1 is thought to have originated from Chimpanzees in Central Africa whilst HIV 2 from the Sooty Mangabey Monkey in Western Africa.
The viruses are thought to have crossed over to humans through cuts in the skin during the slaughter and handling of meat and whilst monkeys show no signs of disease progression in the new human host HIV found new host to infect.This crossover(zoonosis) initially was thought to have been isolated and there are reports of deaths in central Africa early in the 20th century.The zoonosis became complete when the virus became transmissible from one human to another.

Month of Youth Against AIDS 2013

Theme: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths.

Tagline: “Youth adult partnership for an HIV free nation"

lets work together bagaetsho towards zero new infections.