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Last week we heard about South Africa’€™s first HIV counselling and testing service for couples ‘€“ the Tshwarisanang Centre based at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, in Soweto. This week, a couple talks about how this service has benefited them.
Parliament’€™s social cluster group, lead by health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, presented a progress report in parliament last week which included updates on the national school nutrition programme, the extension of the child support grant, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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Education officials from around the African continent unanimously suppport abstinence messages but argue over condom distribution at schools.
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It happens in Zambia and Uganda. It’€™s also common practice among same-sex male couples in San Francisco, in the United States. Now it’€™s being introduced in South Africa. We’€™re talking about HIV counselling and testing for couples. Health-e News Service reports.
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Families and societies need to look after children orphaned because of AIDS, says Albertina Sisulu. Health-e News Service spoke to her and found out more.
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For many people being diagnosed with HIV often spells a time of isolation and loneliness. Health-e News Service reports on a pioneering organisation aimed at helping those ministers of religion in Africa, who are either infected or affected by HIV.
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Children have rights too says Dikwankwetla (Children in Action). Eight members of the group from around the country drew on their own life experiences when they told Parliament’€™s Social Development Portfolio Committee what they believe should be included in the Children’€™s Bill.
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Faith communities often associate HIV infection with sexual immorality and sin. But what does it matter how one is infected? Health-e News explores this question with three ministers of religion who live openly with HIV.
Parliament is hearing submissions on the Children’€™s Bill this week. Among those appearing before the Social Development Portfolio Committee is a group of children known as Dikwankwetla, or Children in Action, who made submissions based on their concerns.
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Veteran ANC leader Albertina Sisulu’€™s only dream is to get help for the needy, especially AIDS orphans. The 86-year old great grandmother says HIV and AIDS is an alarming problem, which is taking its toll on communities, but it is not the first pandemic to challenge society.
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Rushed in as a last minute substitute speaker for the Minister of Health, the head of the national health department’s HIV/AIDS cluster, Dr Rose Mulumba, has told students that prohibitive costs were the reason for the long delay in providing antiretroviral treatment in the public health sector.
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Reverend Christo Greyling, HIV/AIDS advisor for World Vision in Africa, speaks further with Health-e News about how he has lived with HIV for 20 years and how living with the virus has affected his relationship with his wife of 16 years who remains HIV negative.