US policy hampering HIV prevention
AIDS activists have accused US President George Bush of hampering HIV prevention campaigns.
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Condoms ‘€“ a simple choice?Living with AIDS #179
A new brand of government condoms called '€˜Choice'€™, has entered the market to replace the old condom with its plain packaging and AIDS ribbons stamped on the wrapping. The re-launch was necessary after the old government unbranded condoms failed to strike the right chord with the public. As Health-e discovered, there'€™s much more to condom usage than merely providing protection.
Read More » Condoms ‘€“ a simple choice?Living with AIDS #179When it’€™s time for medicineLiving with AIDS #178
In the last Living with AIDS feature, we heard Nonhlanhla Kubheka'€™s views on South Africa'€™s turbulent journey to the era of AIDS treatment. This week, she tells just how her health has started failing her.
Read More » When it’€™s time for medicineLiving with AIDS #178Ha e le nako ya meriana
Tlalehong e sa tswa feta ya Living with AIDS, re utlwile ka maikutlo a Nonhlanhla Kubheka ha a bua ka leeto leo Afrika Borwa e le tsamaileng ho tla fihla mothating ona moo batho ba nang le tshwaetso ya Phamokathe ba fumantshwang meriana e kokobetsang matal a kokwana hloko ya HIV. Bekeng ena re utlwa ka moo Nonhlanhla yena a seng a qadile ho kula ka tshwaetso ena.
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Condoms save girlfriend’€™s life
Nineteen-year-old Sanda Mlobi is one of millions of young South Africans who are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Sanda is HIV negative but her boyfriend died of an AIDS-related illness last year. She says her boyfriend would have never infected her with HIV because he always insisted on having safe sex even before he found out about his HIV status. Health-e News spoke to Sanda and asked her about the importance of condom use as a young person.
Read More » Condoms save girlfriend’€™s lifeMotletlebi o etsa kopo
Ngwahola ka yona nako ena, Nonhlanhla Kubheka, a dilemo tse ka nnqane ho 40 a bile e le mme wa bana ba ba babedi, e ne e le wa ba bang ba etsang ditletlebo ho mmuso hore o fumantshe batho ba kulang ka Phamokathe meriana e mona e fokotsang matla a tshwaetso ya kokwana hloko ya HIV. Mona re buisana le yena ho fumana maikutlio a hae ka leeto leo Afrika Borwa e e tsamaileng ho tla fihla mothating ona moo meriana ena e seng e fumaneha.
Read More » Motletlebi o etsa kopoAn activist’€™s wish Living with AIDS #177
This time last year, Nonhlanhla Kubheka, a 40-something year-old single mother of two, was among those urging government to provide treatment for those people living with HIV/AIDS. Health-e News Service spoke with Nonhlanhla Kubheka and looks at how far we'€™ve come.
Read More » An activist’€™s wish Living with AIDS #177ARV programme stumbles?Living with AIDS #176
Tuesday last week was International Children'€™s Day. It was also the day on which we heard the news that government had instructed all provinces that had begun implementing an HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Plan to stop enrolling any more children for treatment. Health-e News Service takes a look at the supply of antiretroviral drugs in the public health sector.
Read More » ARV programme stumbles?Living with AIDS #176Family ties
Support from friends and family can make all the difference to people living with HIV/AIDS. Lulu Sibam, who together with her husband and child is now on ARV therapy, speaks warmly of the encouraging role played by her family and parents-in-law.
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Lulu Sibam is a young mother from Khayelitsha. Her husband and child Mihle have been on antiretroviral therapy since December 2001. Lulu first started treatment in 2003 but dropped out of the Medecins Sans Frontieres programme. She has since re-started her therapy and together with her family is doing well.
Read More » Family ARV TherapyChange is pain
How do you get people to change their sexual behaviour so that they are not at risk of getting HIV/AIDS? Not by simply giving them the "right" information and assuming that they will modify what they do.
Read More » Change is painThe pace of things to come
After an exhilerating four months of restored health and high energy on antiretroviral therapy, chairperson of the Treatment Action Campaign Zackie Achmat has had to face up to certain side effects and to change one of his drugs. He talks about how he's doing now and the long-term public health challenges of prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Read More » The pace of things to comePolio alert in South Africa
South African health officials have been placed on alert following the first polio case in neighbouring Botswana in 13 years.
Read More » Polio alert in South AfricaAdult roles for Lesotho’s childrenLiving with AIDS #174
As the AIDS epidemic continues to decimate the adult population in southern Africa, the Lesotho government reports that more than 73 000 of its children have been orphaned as a result of the epidemic. A UNICEF report predicts that by 2010 there will be over 41 million orphans in Africa as a whole. In this report we visit Lesotho and discover how AIDS is robbing children of their parents.
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AIDS, ARVs and the activist
The first six months of antiretroviral therapy have forced AIDS activist Zackie Achmat to review his life.
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