Saving Soweto - From Cradle to Grave - 23 Jan 09 - Part 2

[RedQueen100]

Dirty Niger's 

[AuroraAbstract]

Very sad but positive story! When I went to South Africa and to Soweto many yrs ago,Aids was not well known. It is so sad to see these people who went thru so much in the mid eighties, to be attacked by AIDS. It is a beautiful Country full of beautiful people! You can see from the video how caring these people are! And the poor little babies, so sad to live in such an awful situation! I pray for them all..

[khanx5]

this is so touchin,

[neekolas11]

could you even imagine being in their shoes. this is so hard to believe. im sitting in my high rise downtown chicago everything at my fingertips and this little girl is positive with half of her face gone and i think i have problems? wtf can people like me do about something like this?

[halyey]

you are a person of heart,people like you with compassion are the reason the world still here.God bless

[afrircans1970]

Fun fact:

George W Bush was actually the greatest, largest giver of money, support & care for AIDS (especially in SS Africa) in history. (Yes, he gave more money & support than any other American to Africa - in world history)

"War & health care": what a bizarre combination in a President who was the worst communicator in history.

I suppose NO ONE is uni-dimensional.....

[Imagitv]

That footage of the girl who lost so much of her face broke my heart.

[Ulikeunderground]

seeing this makes me appreciating life even more....

[Naniwa00]

According to a report from the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), released in July 2008, of the three million people put on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment by 2007 worldwide, South Africa accounted for close to 429 000. The report showed that the number of people on ARV treatment in South Africa increased from 55 000 in 2004 to 429 000 in the same year.

[Naniwa00]

According to the UNAIDS report, close to 160 000 HIV positive people with Tuberculosis (TB) received TB and HIV treatment in 2007. "The percentage of HIV positive women accessing ARV treatment to reduce the risk of mother to child transmission of HIV also increased from 15 percent in 2004 to about 60 percent in 2007," the report stated.

[Naniwa00]

The report also revealed that South Africa was one of the three countries in southern Africa where the prevalence of HIV has stabilised. The 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic stated that the prevalence of HIV in South Africa, Malawi and Zambia are decreasing.

The report also provides encouraging data on the trend of HIV and AIDS epidemic in South Africa and the African continent.

[MzansiStyle]

naniwa00 - do you work for the SA government? perhaps u should do some research into how many people DON'T get ARVs in SA - uhamb' u bekhepi, umngani wam' - 16 million AIDS orphans in the next few years ... maybe the rate of infection has decreased (according to that report), but WE DO HAVE A CRISIS here, right? let's delay the time for patting ourselves on the back based on some UN report & fix what we can first.

[lyden2006]

If they only knew the AIDS virus was created in a bio-defense lab in Maryland. The world will hang us for our sins.