A group of grandmothers in Khayelitsha, supported by St Luke's Hospice, is taking the initiative...
Author - Thandeka Teyise
ARVs for all in W.Cape by March 2005
HIV prevalence in the Western Cape is the lowest in the country - 13,1 percent compared to a...
Risky behaviour
The Durex Global Sex Survey shows that South Africans are careless about AIDS. Fifty eight percent...
Positive living at school
HIV/AIDS continues to challenge our society at every level ' including our schools. How dies a...
Fighting FAS together
The effort to prevent Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in South Africa and elsewhere requires strong...
Health pioneers win awards
South African women continue to make strides in their attempts to find health care solutions in...
Nurses and AIDS
Thembi Zungu is a senior nurse living with HIV in Port Elizabeth. She disclosed her status in 1996...
World Bank MD urges treatment for AIDS
August is women's month and Health-e spoke to one of South Africa's most celebrated women, Dr...
Pregnant teens’ right to learn
The South African constitution guarantees the rights of learners to attend school even when they...
Boys at risk of cancer
Testicular cancer is a cancer of the testicles that can affect males from 15 years of age to 40...
Alcohol and HIV in Botswana
Botswana has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world. It is estimated that around 38.8...
Men’s health
Strong men are often silent men and when it comes to health care, silence is dangerous. A man's...
Mothers and children talk about sex
Can talking about sex to children help them understand the dangers of HIV and AIDS? As a mother and...
AIDS, sex and secrecy
In many parts of Africa, talking openly about matters of sexuality is taboo and there is still a...
Drug addict comes clean
For Thanduxolo Bonkolo of Nyanga, Cape Town, facing up to his addiction to drugs is the only way he...