The HIV/AIDS Centre will be hosting the First Thing First HIV Counselling campaign. The First Things First Campaign, which has been endorsed by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi,is an innovative HIV counselling and education campaign which aims to help South African students fulfill their destinies by encouraging them as future leaders to be responsible, get tested for HIV and empower themselves by knowing their status.

Launched in 2011, the campaign also seeks to facilitate the transition to tertiary life, which may prove especially challenging to first year students.

Durban University AIDS Centre will be screening the First Things First documentary in all the DUT libraries prior to the campaign.

The screening will take place at the following libraries from 08 March 2012
B M Patel Memorial Library (ML Sultan Campus)
Alan Pittendrigh Library (Steve Biko Campus)
City Campus Library
Riverside Library
Indumiso Library

The event will be held as follows (testing will occur for the whole week at different campuses):

Date: Monday, 12 March 2012
Time: 10h00 – 12h00
Venue: Ritson Campus, the Durban University of Technology

HCT Dates for other campuses
Ritson Campus: 12 March 2012
Steve Biko Campus: 13 March 2012
ML Sultan Campus: 14 & 15 March 2012
City Campus: 16 March 2012

For more information regarding the screening of the First Things First documentary, contact Oziel Mdletshe (Health Promoter)on 031 373 2440/2260.