CategoriesPress ReleasesThe 2013 Annual Meeting of the New Champions kicked off today in Dalian, China and Paul Matthew, North Star Alliance Director for Southern Africa, is present to speak about the importance of social innovation, and about North Star’s work across Africa delivering health care to traditionally hard-to-reach people. In addition to representing North Star, Paul […]
CategoriesFrom our ClinicsThis week, we officially welcomed a new North Star Alliance Wellness Centre to our clinical network in Southern Africa – the first of 5 new clinics to be built in South Africa as part of a collaborative initiative with the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI), PEPFAR and USAID. Located in the Johannesburg suburb […]
CategoriesNewsPaul Matthew, North Star Alliance’s Regional Director Southern Africa, was recently selected to become an Ashoka Fellow, in recognition of his continuing efforts to limit the spread of HIV and other diseases among mobile populations and corridor communities across Africa. Paul, who played a critical role in establishing North Star Alliance, and in developing and […]
CategoriesCampaigns and EventsThis week, the 6th SA AIDS Conference kicks off in Durban, South Africa, and North Star Alliance will be live at the event. The conference, which marks a decade since the first conference was held in Durban in 2003, brings together a cross section of professionals, academics, and activists from the public and private sectors […]
CategoriesFrom our ClinicsOn April 16th, a long-haul truck driver named Simon was the first person to have his fingerprint scanned prior to having his blood pressure checked as part of a new pilot programme being run at our Roadside Wellness Centre (RWC) in Cato Ridge, South Africa. The pilot programme, which will also run at our Beitbridge […]
