NACOSA at AIDS 2016 in pictures

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  KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Manager, Stellar Zulu, meets a Zulu Princess working with the Zazi Campaign.

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  NACOSA member Mpho from Khuruman, stopped by our Global Village stand to say hello.

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  Caroline Wills presented a poster abstract on integrating HIV testing services into OVC programming and Maria Stacey presented one on the sex worker programme.

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  These lovely young women from Hillcrest AIDS Trust were selling beautiful beadwork to raise funds.

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  The Women’s Networking Zone was a busy, noisy place for raising women’s voices in the HIV/AIDS response.

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  NACOSA’s Global Village stand was manned by staff (Colleen Singh, left) and our busy provincial managers like Central Region Manager, Hulene Hadje (right).

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  People posted messages of hope on AIDS ribbons on the Solidaritree.

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  The Museum of AIDS in Africa’s stand remembered those who have been lost to AIDS.

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  National Manager, Mokgadi Malahlela took part in a discussion on keeping HIV on South Africa’s agenda.

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  This discussion at the Global Fund networking zone was about Country Coordinating Mechanisms and the need for technical assistance.

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  The Global Village was colourful, vibrant, and thought-provoking – featuring everything from condom couture (left) to Zulu beading (right).

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  It was all about the girls at AIDS 2016 – with over 2,400 of them becoming infected each week in South Africa. This young woman was educating people about HIV and how to prevent it.

The International AIDS Conference in Durban brought the world to South Africa and showcased South Africa’s AIDS response to the world. NACOSA was lucky to have received scholarships to attend and a free exhibition stand at the Global Village. We are immensely grateful to our partners the Global Fund and USAID, without whom NACOSA would not have been able to attend.

For a round-up of tweets from the conference, read our Storify post: Civil society comes together in Durban