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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.
HIV and AIDS, drought and conflict make it hard for developing countries to feed their children properly. Ultimately, this pushes up the mortality rate of children under five. This is according to the United Nations Children’€™s Fund’€™s annual report on children’€™s progress.
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In times of trouble some of us find it much easier to speak to a total stranger for advice. Counsellors, in the form of psychologists, social workers and others, are often the strangers we confide in. In the area of HIV and AIDS, these professionals often play an invaluable role. Nditsheni Ratshitanga is a counsellor with the youth health awareness programme, loveLife.
Dr Steve Wootorton, a doctor living in the United Kingdom, recently did a three-month stint at Nkandla Hospital in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Wootorton shared his impressions in an article he wrote for the British Medical Journal.