Men’s Health

A Free State men's advocacy group has called on young boys to consider medical circumcision.

Medical circumcision: FS group urges boys to reconsider

Men's Health, News, Our Health

A Free State men’s health advocacy group is encouraging men and boys to consider undergoing medical circumcision instead of the traditional practice. And, in doing so, they won’t be placing themselves at risk after 13 initiates died in the Eastern…

Molefi Sompane
October 22, 2021
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Rural young men use muti to treat STIs

Health, Men's Health, Our Health

EASTERN CAPE - Most young men in Flagstaff at Ingquza Hill believe that traditional medicine as is the best treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

Asavela Dalana
July 31, 2018

Actor to be circumcised – along with 2000 others

Health, Men's Health

Popular soapie actor Kagiso Modupe has, at the age of 33, has decided to be circumcised as a public show of his support of the practice – and is inviting other uncircumcised men to join him.

jamesthabo
March 10, 2017

DIY test for HIV comes to a pharmacy near you

Health, Health Systems, Men's Health, News

It’s as simple and easy as a home pregnancy test, and should be treated similarly, argues Health-e News writer Amy Green who went through the process of self-testing for HIV.

Amy Green
January 16, 2017

Transgender and HIV: stigma sabotages prevention

Gender Based Violence, Health, Men's Health

Transgender people are one of the key populations identified as being at a higher risk of HIV - but they face stigma from society and healthcare workers. One transgender man explains why his community "needs attention now".

Amy Green
December 5, 2016

‘No time’ for healthy food

Health, Men's Health, Our Health

Taxi drivers from Kuruman to Nelspruit confess that fizzy drinks and junk food are a central part of their rushed lives.

sandiso-mabuso and sandiso-mabuso
October 19, 2016

The deadly consequences of obesity

Health, Men's Health, News

By turning to another man for comfort after her obese husband lost interest in sex, a Free State woman’s actions sparked a tragic series of events that ended in murder.

Bontle Motsoeneng and Bontle Motsoeneng
October 15, 2016

HIV testing Campaigns are still missing the men

Health, Men's Health, News

If we don’t get more heterosexual men to test for HIV, the world is going to miss the UNAIDS target of 90 percent of HIV positive people knowing their status by 2020, according to experts.

sibongilenkosi
July 22, 2016

Erectile dysfunction not just for those ‘silver foxes’

Health, Men's Health, Our Health

Erectile dysfunction is not just for older men. While studies show that even younger men battle the condition, most men may not be ready to talk about it.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
February 26, 2016

Added benefits to ‘the snip’

Health, Men's Health, Our Health

Medical male circumcision campaigns have an added bonus, say HIV activists who add that as more and more men line up for “the snip”– more men are learning their HIV statuses.

mishackmahlangu
December 30, 2015

Video: A young man’s experience of “the snip”

Health, Men's Health, Multimedia

To commemorate Youth Month in June, Health-e News is broadcasting a five-part adolescent health series on Morning Live (SABC 2). We start by following Hloni Mahate as he goes for medical male circumcision.

kyla
June 4, 2015

Study unearths high rates of violence against gay, bi-sexual students

Health, Men's Health, News

More than one in ten gay or bisexual male students report that they have been the target of campus violence because of their sexual orientation, according to the first national survey of sexual orientation and HIV risk on South African campuses released yesterday.

ayandamkhwanazi
May 5, 2015

South Africa performs world’s first successful penis transplant

Men's Health

The world’s first successful penis transplant was recently performed at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town.

healthe
March 14, 2015
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Staff shortages fuelling prison violence

Gender Based Violence, Health Systems, Men's Health, News

A shift in Johannesburg’s “Sun City” prison may stack just two warders against up to 1,400 inmates, according to a new report that argues staff shortages are fuelling prison violence.

ayandamkhwanazi
January 29, 2015

Strategy: Draft National Strategic Plan for HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment for Sex Workers

Health, Health Systems, Men's Health, Women's Health

Released by the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) on 12 January, this 49-page preliminary document outlines plans to, for instance, increase HIV and tuberculosis (TB) prevention, care and treatment among sex workers and families.

healthe
January 16, 2015

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