Health

Nine year old herds cattle after school to feed family

The most vulnerable victims of Aids in South Africa are children. When parents die, they are often left alone to fend for themselves and their siblings. Sometimes, this means leaving school and losing their identity as a normal child. Fortunately for Elvis Lerole of Maupye in the Northern Province, he still goes to school. But instead of playing with his friends after class, he herds relatives' cattle for R400 a month. This meagre amount is the only income supporting Elvis and his sister - as well as the aunt, uncle and cousins they stay with ever since their parents died. This audio report is in Sesotho.

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Child prostitutes & sex tourism

The question of child prostitution and how to deal with sex tourists who visit South Africa looking for children for sex were among those raised at the Sex Tourism conference held recently in Cape Town. The conference was convened as a result of the growing number of South African children who are being dragged into prostitution here at home, while others are being trafficked out of the country. This audio report is in Sesotho.

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Many dimesions to the “face of AIDS”Living with AIDS programme 53

There is no single "face of AIDS". It is not black or white, old or young, homosexual or heterosexual. HIV knows no boundaries or stereotypes. In this audio report, one man speaks about the need to see people with HIV/AIDS as multi-dimensional people who, besides being HIV positive, live full and active lives.

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Health official condemns rape of girls by older men

The head of the HIV/AIDS directorate in the Department of Health, Dr Nono Simelela, has spoken out strongly against the increase in HIV infection and pregnancy among girls under 18 who are being forced into having sex by older men. She has urged communities to work together to protect their children and communities against HIV/AIDS. This report is in isiXhosa.

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Comprehensive care needed to offer anti-retroviral drugs in SA

The use of antiretroviral drugs had led to a dramatic and incredible decline in deaths and hospitalisation of Aids patients in the US. At a recent conference in Johannesburg, South Africa was urged to find ways of making the treatment widely available and to learn from other countries about the best ways to implement it.

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