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...Youse's search turned up iThemba Lethu Orphanage in Durban, South Africa, which had established a breast milk bank in 2001. Babies infected with HIV, orphaned and abandoned because their mothers had succumbed to AIDS, are cared at the orphanage. In sub-Saharan Africa, three million children, age five and younger, are orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. Since the virus can transfer through breast milk, and formula is often mixed with unclean water by African mothers, iThemba Lethu relies on donated breast milk to feed the children there and boost their immune systems...
...International Breast Milk Project's third shipment, nearly another 23 gallons (this time shipped care of FedEx, on the house), arrived in Durban on Thanksgiving Day. And the sentiment of that holiday isn't lost on anyone. The nurses at iThemba Lethu often give thanks and bless the baby for whom the milk was produced, before they share it with an orphan who needsit. Penny Reimers, a registered nurse who runs the milk bank there, says every time she feeds one of the orphans, "It's like watching a little miracle unfolding. Within days we start to see a difference...
Sinikithemba started as a support group for HIV-positive patients at McCord Hospital in Durban, South Africa, Kunene said. The name of the group means “we give hope” in the Zulu language...
...clinical trials are so significant. So far, there are 30-40 different microbicide candidates being tested in animals, and five trials in Ghana, Nigeria and other developing nations at the most advanced stages of testing in women. Dr. Gita Ramjee, of the HIV Prevention Research Unit in Durban, South Africa, has worked with all five, and is hopeful that they will prove effective and make an impact on the disease. Because these latest microbicides are reformulated ARVs, however, the problem of the virus becoming resistant to them is a potential drawback. Dr. Peter Piot, of UNAIDS, suggests basing microbicides only...
...sailing provided an escape from the violence of township life. "You grow up thinking that's your way of living," he says. "But if you give kids something else to do, like sailing, most will stop being naughty." Sarno appointed the young men to the crew of his own Durban yacht, on which they began winning some local events. But when Sarno began talking about entering the America's Cup, even his crew members thought the idea was nuts. Undeterred, Sarno bought a boat, talked the city of Cape Town into giving him the use of prime waterfront dock space...