Why, when and how men rape
An article published in SA Crime Quarterly reports on the findings of research conducted to try and establish from men why they rape.
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Behaviour increases HIV in youth
Teenagers say they know all they need to know about HIV/AIDS, yet they often fail to make the right decisions to protect themselves.
Behaviour increases HIV in youth
Teenagers say they know all they need to know about HIV/AIDS, yet they often fail to make the right decisions to protect themselves.
Behaviour increases HIV in youth
Teenagers say they know all they need to know about HIV/AIDS, yet they often fail to make the right decisions to protect themselves.
DOH: Enough flu vaccines
There will be no flu vaccine shortages this year, according to the national health department.
Report warns against repeat of baby deaths
An investigation into the deaths of six babies at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic hospital last year warned that there was a very real danger of this tragedy repeating itself.
Ending hunger to reach MDGs
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have committed to working together to reduce child stunting in Eastern and Southern Africa in an effort to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
‘Whoonga’ culprits arrested
Three men, accused of stealing antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to produce 'whoonga' ' a highly addictive drug - have been arrested in separate incidents.
‘Whoonga’ culprits arrested
Three men, accused of stealing antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to produce 'whoonga' ' a highly addictive drug - have been arrested in separate incidents.
Call for increased prevention Living with AIDS # 460
As local and international studies show that new HIV infections have remained static over the last 10 years, dealing with the epidemic now requires the world to give HIV prevention efforts the same attention as treatment to bring down new infections.
Thula Mama
Health-e's TV unit tracks two HIV positive women through their pregnancies, births and subsequent heart-wrenching wait to see whether their babies are born with HIV.
SA’s babies malnourished when they die
At least a third of South African children who died in 2007 were severely malnourished and a further 30% were underweight for age while on average over half were known or suspected to be HIV infected.
SA fails to prevent maternal deaths
South Africa's high maternal mortality rate is mostly attributable to preventable causes, according to the 2010 South African Health Review (SAHR).
Green light for rapid TB test
The World Health Organisation has approved a new rapid test for Tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB that will lead to results being available within 100 minutes.
TAC: The next step
Almost ten years ago a 22-year-old woman was told that she was HIV-positive, news that would change her life forever. Today, she runs one of the most successful civil society activist groups, widely credited for many advances in the lives of people living with HIV.