Saving Zack
CAPE TOWN - Heroin addict, cocaine addict, crystal methaphetamine (Tik) addict, drug dealer, teenage prostitute, porn actor, HIV-positive by 15, TV star, you name it, Zack Smit has pretty much been there, done that.
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HIV and sexual transmission: looking in the wrong jeans?
OPINION: HIV is spread through promiscuity. So goes the popular wisdom. What if this is wrong? By Francois Venter.
Genes possibly hold clues to HIV cure Living with AIDS # 497
An AIDS patient previously on antiretroviral treatment appears to now be free of infection after a stem cell transplant where he received blood cells of a person with genes that are able to resist HIV infection. This so-called 'Berlin patient' has raised the possibility that AIDS can be cured.
National AIDS plan must include men
OPINION: December 1, 2011 is an enormously significant date for all South Africans. On that day, World AIDS Day, the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) will launch the new and finalized 2012-2016 National Strategic Plan for HIV, STIs and TB, which has been developed over the last year.
Preparing children who live with HIV
OPINION: HIV treatment centres for children generally take good care of their young patients' physical well-being but they do not to help children to know, and come to terms with, their HIV status. By Mandla Nyuswa.
Healthy diet and exercise helps prevent Diabetes
Diabetes is a global epidemic that kills 4.6 million people a year, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of South Africa. In South Africa, about 1.5 million people have diabetes, and this is largely due to bad lifestyle choices such as eating unhealthy foods and inactivity.
South African Law Commission Report on Criminalisation of HIV Transmission
Premier Helen Zille is once more raising the spectre of criminalising HIV transmission. This is an old debate. In 2001, the South African Law Reform Commission considered the matter and concluded that current legislation is sufficient to deal with intentional transmission of HIV.
South Africans must take responsibility for their actions
WCape Premier's response to the critique of her views by Silber and Geffen. by Helen Zille.
Positive magazine Living with AIDS # 496
Many people with HIV constantly need information to help them cope with their condition. Others isolate themselves from society on hearing they have HIV, due to fear and stigma. Now a new magazine called 'Positive' aims to address the information gap and to make those infected aware that they are not alone in the struggle with HIV.
Premier Helen Zille’s views on HIV are misinformed and unscientific
Last week Western Cape Premier Helen Zille made various comments suggesting that the provision of healthcare to those who behave 'irresponsibly' should be reconsidered. By Gavin Silber and Nathan Geffen.
Stretching arthritis away
Arthritis is an umbrella term for over 200 diseases that cause pain and loss of movement of the joints. Arthritis can turn a person's life upside-down if left untreated, as it affects the body's movement, thus making it difficult to perform certain activities.
SA children stunted and obese
South Africa's overburdened health and education systems will struggle to cope in future if the current obesity and stunting trends among young people continues, according to health experts.
Time of great change in TB drug development
We are living in a time of great change and excitement in TB drug development.
Wits scientists working towards neutralising HIV
South African scientists are at the coalface of understanding whether HIV can be eradicated from an HIV-positive individual, essentially curing the person.
Activists applaud Clinton speech on AIDS
American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday announced the US government's intention to implement new science in order to bring about an end the global AIDS crisis.