NACOSANet
@nacosanet.bsky.social
A South African networking organisation, working to build strong, more equal and healthy communities free from the burden of HIV, AIDS, TB and GBV. www.nacosa.org.za
Who's turning purple on 21 November? Women and LGBTQIA+ community: ✅ Don’t work ✅ Don’t spend ✅ 15-Minute standstill at 12 pm ✅ Wear black ✅ Change your profile to purple ✅ Share #WomenShutdown. More: https://womenforchange.co.za/g20-women-shutdown/ 💪🟣
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Who's turning purple on 21 November? Women and LGBTQIA+ community: ✅ Don’t work ✅ Don’t spend ✅ 15-Minute standstill at 12 pm ✅ Wear black ✅ Change your profile to purple ✅ Share #WomenShutdown. More: https://womenforchange.co.za/g20-women-shutdown/ 💪🟣
This new Say It Anyway bonus episode is powerful. ✨ NACOSA colleagues Inathi and Natasha share what it’s like navigating the world with a visible & an invisible disability.
🎧 Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/18149236
#Disability #SayItAnyway
🎧 Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/18149236
#Disability #SayItAnyway
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This new Say It Anyway bonus episode is powerful. ✨ NACOSA colleagues Inathi and Natasha share what it’s like navigating the world with a visible & an invisible disability.
🎧 Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/18149236
#Disability #SayItAnyway
🎧 Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/18149236
#Disability #SayItAnyway
Reduced contribution to the Global Fund by the UK risks sending a message to other countries that they can back out of their commitments at such a critical moment. Statement by Frontline AIDS 👉 https://frontlineaids.org/uk-cuts-to-hiv-funding-is-a-major-blow-to-ending-aids-by-2030/
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Reduced contribution to the Global Fund by the UK risks sending a message to other countries that they can back out of their commitments at such a critical moment. Statement by Frontline AIDS 👉 https://frontlineaids.org/uk-cuts-to-hiv-funding-is-a-major-blow-to-ending-aids-by-2030/
Opinon by NACOSA's executive director in Devex today: Survey of organizations highlights their precarious financial situation and the catastrophic frontline risks of redirecting remaining funding away from local community response. Read it here:
https://ow.ly/mO3p50XpWtr
#FundingCuts #Aid #HIV
https://ow.ly/mO3p50XpWtr
#FundingCuts #Aid #HIV
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Opinon by NACOSA's executive director in Devex today: Survey of organizations highlights their precarious financial situation and the catastrophic frontline risks of redirecting remaining funding away from local community response. Read it here:
https://ow.ly/mO3p50XpWtr
#FundingCuts #Aid #HIV
https://ow.ly/mO3p50XpWtr
#FundingCuts #Aid #HIV
How can we use data for youth wellbeing? At the #PlanetYouth 2025 Workshop & Western Cape Government Civil Society Engagement, we explored practical, localised solutions to reduce youth substance use & risky behaviour.
Collaboration is key. 💪
#YouthWellbeing #MyJourney
Collaboration is key. 💪
#YouthWellbeing #MyJourney
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
How can we use data for youth wellbeing? At the #PlanetYouth 2025 Workshop & Western Cape Government Civil Society Engagement, we explored practical, localised solutions to reduce youth substance use & risky behaviour.
Collaboration is key. 💪
#YouthWellbeing #MyJourney
Collaboration is key. 💪
#YouthWellbeing #MyJourney
"THANK YOU for going the extra mile to Say it Anyway " councillor Ashley Potts. Listen to his refreshing views on dealing with drug use in South Africa on our #SayItAnyway podcast:
🟢 https://ow.ly/h93m50Xj2cz
🍎 https://ow.ly/cmpG50Xj2cy
▶ https://ow.ly/K9yg50Xj2cA
🟢 https://ow.ly/h93m50Xj2cz
🍎 https://ow.ly/cmpG50Xj2cy
▶ https://ow.ly/K9yg50Xj2cA
October 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"THANK YOU for going the extra mile to Say it Anyway " councillor Ashley Potts. Listen to his refreshing views on dealing with drug use in South Africa on our #SayItAnyway podcast:
🟢 https://ow.ly/h93m50Xj2cz
🍎 https://ow.ly/cmpG50Xj2cy
▶ https://ow.ly/K9yg50Xj2cA
🟢 https://ow.ly/h93m50Xj2cz
🍎 https://ow.ly/cmpG50Xj2cy
▶ https://ow.ly/K9yg50Xj2cA
The NACOSA Network Survey 2025 is out and the message is clear: non-profits are in trouble.
📊 34% have less than 2 months of funding left
💸 24% have lost over half their income due to foreign aid cuts
🧍 1 in 4 have had to restructure or lay off staff
👉 Read the report: https://ow.ly/9ZCi50XghRx
📊 34% have less than 2 months of funding left
💸 24% have lost over half their income due to foreign aid cuts
🧍 1 in 4 have had to restructure or lay off staff
👉 Read the report: https://ow.ly/9ZCi50XghRx
October 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The NACOSA Network Survey 2025 is out and the message is clear: non-profits are in trouble.
📊 34% have less than 2 months of funding left
💸 24% have lost over half their income due to foreign aid cuts
🧍 1 in 4 have had to restructure or lay off staff
👉 Read the report: https://ow.ly/9ZCi50XghRx
📊 34% have less than 2 months of funding left
💸 24% have lost over half their income due to foreign aid cuts
🧍 1 in 4 have had to restructure or lay off staff
👉 Read the report: https://ow.ly/9ZCi50XghRx
The final episode in our #SayItAnyway podcast series on Drugs and Parenting is out. The public as parent:
🍎 https://ow.ly/khQw50XfnuK
🟢 https://ow.ly/eNaJ50XfnuE
▶ https://ow.ly/bAAG50XfnuI
🍎 https://ow.ly/khQw50XfnuK
🟢 https://ow.ly/eNaJ50XfnuE
▶ https://ow.ly/bAAG50XfnuI
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The final episode in our #SayItAnyway podcast series on Drugs and Parenting is out. The public as parent:
🍎 https://ow.ly/khQw50XfnuK
🟢 https://ow.ly/eNaJ50XfnuE
▶ https://ow.ly/bAAG50XfnuI
🍎 https://ow.ly/khQw50XfnuK
🟢 https://ow.ly/eNaJ50XfnuE
▶ https://ow.ly/bAAG50XfnuI
NACOSA presented 4 research posters at the 13th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users in Cape Town! #INHSU2025. These are the result of our programme work over 3 years, funded by the Global Fund. 📑 https://www.nacosa.org.za/people-who-use-drugs-research/
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NACOSA presented 4 research posters at the 13th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users in Cape Town! #INHSU2025. These are the result of our programme work over 3 years, funded by the Global Fund. 📑 https://www.nacosa.org.za/people-who-use-drugs-research/
We've saved the best for last! The final episode in our #SayItAnyway podcast series on drugs and parenting. We flipped the script to ask – what is the role of the public in all this?
🎙The Public As Parent: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/18040848
🎙The Public As Parent: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/18040848
October 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We've saved the best for last! The final episode in our #SayItAnyway podcast series on drugs and parenting. We flipped the script to ask – what is the role of the public in all this?
🎙The Public As Parent: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/18040848
🎙The Public As Parent: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/18040848
Hand washing prevents the spread of disease, especially for little people. With the support of the Global Fund, NACOSA was able to install 644 WASH Stations in 154 schools during 2024 and a further 548 WASH Stations will be installed before end 2025. 👐🏼💦
#GlobalHandwashingDay #NowWashYourHands
#GlobalHandwashingDay #NowWashYourHands
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Hand washing prevents the spread of disease, especially for little people. With the support of the Global Fund, NACOSA was able to install 644 WASH Stations in 154 schools during 2024 and a further 548 WASH Stations will be installed before end 2025. 👐🏼💦
#GlobalHandwashingDay #NowWashYourHands
#GlobalHandwashingDay #NowWashYourHands
South Africa celebrates Pride Month in October. “I am black and I am gay. I cannot separate the two parts of me into secondary and primary struggles." - Simon Nkoli. Read more: https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/10/17/a-short-history-of-pride-month-in-south-africa/
October 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
South Africa celebrates Pride Month in October. “I am black and I am gay. I cannot separate the two parts of me into secondary and primary struggles." - Simon Nkoli. Read more: https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/10/17/a-short-history-of-pride-month-in-south-africa/
🌈 It's South African #PrideMonth and we're celebrating two amazing organizations Gay Umbrella & PFSAQ that work with communities to challenge harmful stereotypes. "There's a difference between calling a person out and calling a person in." 🎥 https://youtu.be/v8fAlW3fE-c
#LGBTQIA+
#LGBTQIA+
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌈 It's South African #PrideMonth and we're celebrating two amazing organizations Gay Umbrella & PFSAQ that work with communities to challenge harmful stereotypes. "There's a difference between calling a person out and calling a person in." 🎥 https://youtu.be/v8fAlW3fE-c
#LGBTQIA+
#LGBTQIA+
The 13th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users comes to Cape Town next week and NACOSA will be there. See what we're up to 👇🏾 #INHSU2025
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The 13th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users comes to Cape Town next week and NACOSA will be there. See what we're up to 👇🏾 #INHSU2025
What's more controversial than pregnancy and drug use? The #StayItAnyway podcast unpacks the complex issues that people dependent on drugs who become pregnant face – and the difficult pregnancy, birth and post-partum journey they must navigate. 🎙https://youtu.be/uwRRAwxTM0o?si=KMdggsBNxKD7jnPF
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What's more controversial than pregnancy and drug use? The #StayItAnyway podcast unpacks the complex issues that people dependent on drugs who become pregnant face – and the difficult pregnancy, birth and post-partum journey they must navigate. 🎙https://youtu.be/uwRRAwxTM0o?si=KMdggsBNxKD7jnPF
Abstract submissions are now open for the Women & HIV workshop being held in Cape Town next year. Submit your research or community perspectives by 21 November 2025 here: : https://virology.eventsair.com/3rd-african-workshop-on-women-hiv-2026/abstracts
#WomenHIVAfrica
#WomenHIVAfrica
October 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Abstract submissions are now open for the Women & HIV workshop being held in Cape Town next year. Submit your research or community perspectives by 21 November 2025 here: : https://virology.eventsair.com/3rd-african-workshop-on-women-hiv-2026/abstracts
#WomenHIVAfrica
#WomenHIVAfrica
South Africa has strong laws to protect pregnant & breastfeeding women but barriers remain. A new research and policy brief highlights challenges & solutions to bridge the gap between policy & practice.
🔗 https://www.nacosa.org.za/realising-the-rights-of-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-women
🔗 https://www.nacosa.org.za/realising-the-rights-of-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-women
October 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
South Africa has strong laws to protect pregnant & breastfeeding women but barriers remain. A new research and policy brief highlights challenges & solutions to bridge the gap between policy & practice.
🔗 https://www.nacosa.org.za/realising-the-rights-of-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-women
🔗 https://www.nacosa.org.za/realising-the-rights-of-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-women
NACOSA, through programme manager Yolaan Andrews, is proud to have contributed to the first ever Chemsex Harm Reduction Guideline published in the Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 📑 https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/1763
#HarmReductionSavesLives
#HarmReductionSavesLives
October 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
NACOSA, through programme manager Yolaan Andrews, is proud to have contributed to the first ever Chemsex Harm Reduction Guideline published in the Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 📑 https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/1763
#HarmReductionSavesLives
#HarmReductionSavesLives
When you hear of a parent who uses drugs, do you judge or do you listen? Ep 2 of NACOSA’s #SayItAnywayPodcast explores parenting & drug use: the struggles, the love for their children, and how a new program is helping parents show up. 🎧 Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/17891499
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
When you hear of a parent who uses drugs, do you judge or do you listen? Ep 2 of NACOSA’s #SayItAnywayPodcast explores parenting & drug use: the struggles, the love for their children, and how a new program is helping parents show up. 🎧 Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2530869/episodes/17891499
Parenting young people who use drugs is the first episode of our Say It Anyway podcast. Get it wherever you get your podcasts or on the NACOSA website: www.nacosa.org.za/podcast
What is your #SayItAnyway when it comes to parenting?
#Drugs #Parenting #RealStories
What is your #SayItAnyway when it comes to parenting?
#Drugs #Parenting #RealStories
September 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Parenting young people who use drugs is the first episode of our Say It Anyway podcast. Get it wherever you get your podcasts or on the NACOSA website: www.nacosa.org.za/podcast
What is your #SayItAnyway when it comes to parenting?
#Drugs #Parenting #RealStories
What is your #SayItAnyway when it comes to parenting?
#Drugs #Parenting #RealStories
We are excited to launch our first podcast ! Say It Anyway is where real voices take the mic. It's a podcast about people, their lives and the stories that shape our communities. https://www.nacosa.org.za/PODCAST/
#SayItAnyway #UntoldStories #RealandRaw
#SayItAnyway #UntoldStories #RealandRaw
September 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We are excited to launch our first podcast ! Say It Anyway is where real voices take the mic. It's a podcast about people, their lives and the stories that shape our communities. https://www.nacosa.org.za/PODCAST/
#SayItAnyway #UntoldStories #RealandRaw
#SayItAnyway #UntoldStories #RealandRaw
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The impacts of the US funding cuts continue to devastate our partners.
Support and services for #GBV survivors, run by @nacosanet.bsky.social in South Africa, are suffering the knock-on effects.
Read more by @rachelschraer.bsky.social in @the-independent.com ⤵️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Support and services for #GBV survivors, run by @nacosanet.bsky.social in South Africa, are suffering the knock-on effects.
Read more by @rachelschraer.bsky.social in @the-independent.com ⤵️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
How sexual violence survivors in Africa are now collateral damage of Trump’s aid cuts
Rape crisis services are suffering the knock-on effect of US funded HIV services being cut, writes Rachel Schraer
www.independent.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The impacts of the US funding cuts continue to devastate our partners.
Support and services for #GBV survivors, run by @nacosanet.bsky.social in South Africa, are suffering the knock-on effects.
Read more by @rachelschraer.bsky.social in @the-independent.com ⤵️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Support and services for #GBV survivors, run by @nacosanet.bsky.social in South Africa, are suffering the knock-on effects.
Read more by @rachelschraer.bsky.social in @the-independent.com ⤵️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
🐣 Every mother & baby deserves a healthy start! Healthcare is crucial for preventing complications & ensuring a healthy pregnancy. Find out about pregnancy care and why it is important. #MaternalHealth #PregnancyAwarenessWeek
👉 https://www.nacosa.org.za/pregnancy-care-critical-for-health/
👉 https://www.nacosa.org.za/pregnancy-care-critical-for-health/
February 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🐣 Every mother & baby deserves a healthy start! Healthcare is crucial for preventing complications & ensuring a healthy pregnancy. Find out about pregnancy care and why it is important. #MaternalHealth #PregnancyAwarenessWeek
👉 https://www.nacosa.org.za/pregnancy-care-critical-for-health/
👉 https://www.nacosa.org.za/pregnancy-care-critical-for-health/
Black African women bear the greatest burden of GBV in South Africa. Tackling this requires addressing historical injustices and rebuilding communities through healing and unity. https://www.nacosa.org.za/breaking-the-silence-on-femicide/
February 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Black African women bear the greatest burden of GBV in South Africa. Tackling this requires addressing historical injustices and rebuilding communities through healing and unity. https://www.nacosa.org.za/breaking-the-silence-on-femicide/
Ending gender-based violence starts with addressing its roots:
✔️ Engage boys and men in healing.✔️ Provide spaces to process trauma.✔️ Challenge harmful norms.✔️ Support survivors. #EndGBV
https://www.nacosa.org.za/breaking-the-silence-on-femicide/
✔️ Engage boys and men in healing.✔️ Provide spaces to process trauma.✔️ Challenge harmful norms.✔️ Support survivors. #EndGBV
https://www.nacosa.org.za/breaking-the-silence-on-femicide/
January 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ending gender-based violence starts with addressing its roots:
✔️ Engage boys and men in healing.✔️ Provide spaces to process trauma.✔️ Challenge harmful norms.✔️ Support survivors. #EndGBV
https://www.nacosa.org.za/breaking-the-silence-on-femicide/
✔️ Engage boys and men in healing.✔️ Provide spaces to process trauma.✔️ Challenge harmful norms.✔️ Support survivors. #EndGBV
https://www.nacosa.org.za/breaking-the-silence-on-femicide/