Health e News
Newly crowned Miss Universe Natalie Glebova went on a whirlwind tour through South Africa and Swaziland in an attempt to personally see the devastation caused by the AIDS epidemic. She talks frankly about her ignorance around the epidemic having grown up in the protected surroundings of Canada.
I don’t want to be perceived as violent, was 25-year old Pumlani Mzangwa’s simple explanation for why he took part in a men’s rally and march in Soweto last week, to lament the abuse of women and children.
Deputy health minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge dispenses with pomp in favour of problem solving.
In his short life of 23 years he has been molested, raised in an orphanage,gang-raped and contracted HIV. But Ishmael Ngozo refuses to be put down.
South Africa’s second national AIDS conference draws to a close in Durban today. Kerry Cullinan reports on the highlights at the conference which drew a record number of delegates.
A unique project in Diepkloof, Soweto, aims at addressing the silence that leads to the destruction of most men and their families.
While 42 000 people are on anti-retroviral drugs at government sites an estimated 650 000 people still need treatment. On the eve of the 2nd National Aids Conference, Health-e News Service assesses the state of government’s roll-out plan.
The country’s biggest antiretroviral treatment centre have been convinced that the drugs work.
A survey by loveLife shows that one in 10 young South Africans between age 15 and 24 is HIV-positive. Here, a cross-section of teenagers speak about HIV, their risk perception and attitudes towards sex.
Sick hospital patients in six state hospitals are given garlic, lemon and olive oil by controversial nutrition nurse Tine van der Maas
Foreign former businessman persuades residents to abandon antiretroviral drugs in favour of natural diet.
The rapid antiretroviral rollout holds many pitfalls that are not properly acknowledged. MICKEY CHOPRA outlines some of the lessons and problems in the latest Critical Health.
