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Family ARV Therapy

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.
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The 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.
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Adult 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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Bana ba Lesotho ba fetoha batswadi

Ha bongata ba batho dinaheng tse borwa tsa Afrika bo qetwa ke Phamokathe, mmuso wa naha ya Lesotho o tlaleha hore lefu lena le se le hlodile dikgutsana tse ka nnqane ho 73 000. Mokgatlo wa matjhaba wa UNICEf o re ka selemo sa 2010, kontinente ya Afrika ka bophara, e ka lebella ho eba lehae ho dikgutsana tse dimilione tse 41 ka baka la lefu la Phamokathe. Re ile ra etela naha e nyenyane ya Lesotho ho ya iponela ka moo lefu lena le amohang bana batswadi.
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Lesotho le fumana meriana ya Phamokathe

Le ha baahi ba Lesotho ba ballwa ho dimilione tse 2.2 feela, mmuso wa naha eo o tshwenyehile haholo ha e le mona palo ya batho ba nang le tshwaetso ya HIV e batla e ata. Ba ballwa ho dipesente tse 31 batho ba nang le kokwana hloko ena. Ba mmalwa feela, ba ka eba dipesente tse hlano, ba kgonang ho ithekela meriana e thusang ho theola bohale ba HIV mmeleng wa mokudi. Empa, jwalo ka ha Health-e News Service e tlaleha, dintho di a fetoha ka ha e le mona mmuso wa Lesotho o qadile morero wa ho fumantsha bakudi meriana ena morao wa hore o fumane mpho ya tjhelete.
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Tjhelete le thuto ho thibella HIV

Motsaneng wa mahaeng wa Burgersfort moeding wa diprofense tsa Mpumalanga le Limpopo basadi ba ntshetsa maphelo a bona pele. Ditholwana tsa ho qala projekeng e ntjha motseng oo di bontsha hore hang ha basadi ba fumana monyetla wa ho iketsetsa tjhelete dikamano pakeng tsa bona le balekane ba bona e eba tse kgahlisang. Sephetho se seng ke hore matla a ho eba le tjhelete a thusa ho etsa qeto tse bolokehileng bakeng sa bophelo bo botle. Hona ho akaretsa le ho itshireletsa kgahlano le kokwana-hloko ya HIV. Health-e News Service e a tlaleha.
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Linking money, life-skills and HIV preventionLiving with AIDS #172

In a small village outside Burgersfort on the Mpumalanga-Limpopo provincial border women are taking control of their lives. Early results from a unique pilot project are showing that once women are financially empowered, they can have better relations with their male partners. And with economic power comes a sense of optimism leading to better health decisions and reduced risk of contracting HIV.
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Talking treatment and preventionLiving with AIDS # 170

With antiretroviral medication now becoming an integral part of AIDS treatment in the public health sector, there are concerns that prevention efforts might feature less prominently. However, it is essential that South Africans change their sexual behaviour to protect themselves from HIV and understand how treatment works. Dr Zola Ntshona, gynaecology and obstetrics specialist at the Polokwane provincial hospital in Limpopo, shares her experiences.
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Ho itsherelletsa le meriana

Jwalo ka ha meriana ya lefu la Phamokathe e kena tshebeletsong ya tsa bophelo bo botle, tshabo e teng ya hore mosebetsi wa ho hlokomedisa setjhaba ho itsherelletsa kgahlano le tshwaetso ena o tla salla moraho. Empa, ho molemo hore batho ba hlokomele hore ba se tshwaetsehe le hore na meriana ena e sebetsa jwang. Ngaka Zola Ntshona a sebetsang ka mafu a bomme sepetleleng sa profense ya Limpopo, o bua ka ho otlolloha mabapi le ditaba tsena.
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Ditokisetso tsa meriana ya Phamokathe Gauteng – Karolo 1

Ka letsatsi la boraro ho tloha kajeno, ka la 1 Mmesa, profense ya Gauteng e tla be e qala ho fepa batho ba kulang ka mafu a Phamokathe meriana ya mahala. Dipetlele tsa Johannesburg, Chris Hani Baragwanath, Helen Joseph, Coronation le Kalafong ke tsona tsa ho qala tse tlang ho fana ka thuso ena. Kgweding tse robedi tse latelang ho tla bulwa ditshebeletso tse ding tse leshome le metso e robedi hare ho profense. Khopotso Bodibe wa Health-e News Service o re tlisetsa tlaleho ena ya ho qala ho tswa ho tse tharo, ka mora hore a etele tse ding tsa ditshebeletso tse tlang ho bulwa ka labone.
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