Nkosi Johnson died a year after the 2000 Durban AIDS Conference, and his premature death was probably one of the only AIDS deaths in a child that got noticed. At that time, he was one of the 70,000 ...

Nkosi Johnson was only 12 years old when the virus ravaged his body. At the time he died, Nkosi was the longest-surviving child born with HIV. Nkosi was born with the virus in Johannesburg, South ...

The most powerful message can come from the un-likeliest messenger. When Nkosi Johnson, an 11-year-old South African with AIDS, walked onto the stage at an international aids conference in Durban last ...

Some 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, stigma and discrimination continue to take a toll. For example, in South Africa, some young, HIV positive mothers can find themselves homeless and shunned by ...

It was winter, but the humidity was high. Droplets of perspiration beaded on the faces of the suited delegates seated at the opening ceremony of the 13th International Aids Conference in Durban on ...

Nkosi Johnson, the South African child who melted the hearts of millions when he spelt out the reality of living with Aids, is to be immortalised in a movie that producers hope will help once again ...

Nkosi Johnson became just one more victim of AIDS. But Nkosi's death was different. His courage had made the tragedy of AIDS in South Africa impossible for the world to ignore. The stigma of AIDS in ...

Today is the 12th birthday of a brave little South African boy called Nkosi (pron: NE-KO-ZEE) Johnson. Nkosi won't be celebrating, though, because he lies in a coma, the life in his frail body slowly ...

Editor’s note: This report follows our coverage last month on the quest for an HIV vaccine in South Africa. We traveled to the global epicenter of HIV/AIDS to report on the critical partnership ...