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Current research is pointing towards the development of an effective microbicide in a few years time. However, experts believe it could have happened sooner if pharmaceutical companies invested more money in developing a microbicide which could prevent the transmission of diseases, more importantly HIV
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Last week, we visited Tumahole, a township in Parys in the Free State, where we met Khomanani Community Action volunteers as they carried out a door-to-door campaign to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, TB, substance abuse and other STIs. This week, we hear how the Khomanani AIDS and TB awareness programme has become part of the community’€™s structures, such as clinics and schools.
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Over three-quarters of the sexually abused children who seek help from Childline in KwaZulu-Natal have been hurt by other children, with kids under the age of 12 now outnumbering teens as the main culprits.
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Five years ago today (1 June), Nkosi Johnson died of AIDS at the age of 12 ‘€“ but his legacy lives on at Nkosi’€™s Haven, a home for HIV positive mothers and their babies.
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Although Nkhensani Mavasa has been invited to address the world at the United Nations in New York this Wednesday (31 May), she is still not welcome in her own father’€™s house ‘€“ simply because she is HIV positive.
Dr Lee Jong-wook (61), Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has died following a short illness. Tributes have poured in from across the world.
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Mass messages of HIV prevention are not as effective as face-to-face contact. So, the government’€™s HIV and AIDS communication programme, Khomanani, has taken to making home visits to deliver the message. We went to Parys, in the Free State, to see Khomanani in action.
Cholera has already claimed more than 1300 lives in Angola. The death toll from the 3-month cholera epidemic is rising on a daily basis.
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When words failed them, a group turned to art to articulate their lives with HIV or how the epidemic has affected them as they continue watching loved ones succumb to the virus. Their work is being exhibited at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg.
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Frank, thought-provoking and in-your-face, ‘Smacked’ is a recently published book by a former drug addict. Author Melinda Ferguson loses everything in her comfortable life, including her husband and children, in pursuit of her addiction.
In the aftermath of the Zuma trial, two prominent male gender activists reflect on the lessons they have learnt.
Many delegates to the recent microbicides conference in Cape Town flashed wry smiles when the health minister warned researchers against conducting unethical trials that did not always have the best interests of research participants at heart.