http://africa.oneworld.net/article/archive/4781 en_GB http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/64055 The mortality rate is increasing dramatically in South Africa. Tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia, and cerebrovascular diseases are listed in a recent government statistical report as the leading causes of death but the scale of recent mortality rates provides evidence of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/64054 The South African government is allocating insufficient resources to assist HIV/AIDS victims, especially in informal settlements. Residents of Lawley squatter camp in peri-urban Johannesburg are helping each other to cope with the devastating effects of the pandemic. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/45963 The explosive impact of HIV/AIDS on food security in Africa is now well recognised. A report commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organisation raises concerns for neglect of agrobiodiversity and indigenous knowledge which are unique grassroots responses to food insecurity and HIV/AIDS. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/50322 Voluntary counselling and testing clinics in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa--the country hardest hit by the worldwide AIDS epidemic--are helping those who test positive for HIV come to grips with their diagnosis and live a more fulfilling life "after the test." http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/44441 Activists are optimistic that South Africa's belated decision to develop a plan for distributing antiretroviral drugs is a significant win in the country's battle against HIV/AIDS.