Gearing Up for eHealthALIVE2016
There are just over three weeks to go until the inaugural eHealthALIVE2016 event takes place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 6 to 7 September 2016.
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Dying to be a woman in South Africa
From violent male partners to vaginal bacteria that make a woman more likely to get HIV, it is dangerous to be a women in South Africa.
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Simple step to cleverer kids
It protects the health of mother and baby, increases intelligence, and reduces behavioural problems among children.
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Help at last for Soweto teen with elephantiasis
A teenager from Soweto who has been suffering from elephantiasis for six years, and who only recently discovered that he was born HIV positive, will soon receive the treatment he desperately needs.
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Next HIV plan needs to be based on latest evidence
We are on the brink of getting a new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV, TB and STIs, and it is vital that the new plan avoids the mistakes of the past
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Angry parents shut down dilapidated Limpopo school
Conditions at the dilapidated Hlalelani Primary School in Limpopo have continued to deteriorate, despite promises by the provincial Education Department that new classrooms would be ready at the end of this month, prompting angry parent to shut the school down.
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Transgender may be removed as mental disorder
The process of getting transgender declassified as a mental disorder took its first steps with a study conducted in Mexico City.
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Addressing the wrongs of the rites of passage
Three years after a young man was abducted and killed at an initiation school, some schools are working with Western doctor to safeguard initiates’ health.
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AIDS-free baby girls face infection in their teens
The odds are stacked against young women, making them continually at risk of HIV as long as society is dominated by men and relationships between young girls and older men are the norm.
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Glimmers of hope and sobering setbacks
The more knowledge we accumulate about HIV, the trickier the virus appears to be. And despite sophisticated ARVs, people are tired of taking their pills.
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HIV testing Campaigns are still missing the men
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.
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Sex workers unite against police
Sex workers find a way past the everyday violence and abuse they experience at the hands of law enforcement – by becoming activists.
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Prince Harry calls for global action against HIV
Prince Harry has told global leaders that HIV remains among the most pressing and urgent challenges facing the world.
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Teacher photographed assaulting pupils at Limpopo high school
Ongoing allegations of brutal corporal punishment happening regularly at a Limpopo high school are to be addressed this week after a disgruntled pupil took pictures of a teacher beating pupils with a piece of piping.
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HIV won’t stop without gay community – Elton John
Sir Elton John believes that the spread of HIV will not be curbed unless everyone is drawn into the battle – gay and lesbian groups included.
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