HIV-positive mom warns against using muti
Nomsa Nyali was diagnosed with HIV when she was 22 and pregnant. Her son is now 16 - she lives to encourage other HIV-positive people to be brave.
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The secret pain of sex workers and their children
Most sex workers hide what they do for a living from those closest to them – especially their own children, causing pain and distrust mainly because South Africa does not legitimise their work.
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Dudu Dlamini: From poverty to sex work
This women's month, we speak to Dlamini on her activism, feminism and her goal to see the profession of sex work decriminalised.
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Managing pain – not death
Hospices are associated with dying, but many simply help people to cope with the pain or the psychosocial problems they are experiencing rather than preparing them to die. Health-e's AMY GREEN reports.
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Many miles for youth service
Ananelang Tumi Motumi (26), who has just returned from Amsterdam following a reward trip to the World AIDS Conference 2018, describes the experience as the best time of her life.
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New ARV not for women wanting to fall pregnant
AMSTERDAM - Dolutegravir, the new wonder antiretroviral (ARV) drug, should not be given to women who want to get pregnant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned this week.
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Many HIV convictions not supported by science
AMSTERDAM - The prosecution of HIV positive people for deliberately infecting or endangering others is often not supported by science, according to 20 top scientists including Nobel Laureate Francoise Barre-Sinoussi.
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Limpopo Health lambasted over insensitive tweet
The Limpopo Department of Health (DoH) has apologised for a tweet from its official Twitter account claiming that anyone who dies of HIV today does so by choice.
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First doctor to prescribe ARVs forced to leave SA
A seven-year battle with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has left legendary French HIV expert Dr Francoise Louis with no choice but to leave the country.
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Mabuza: Youth are the key to fighting TB
Deputy President David Mabuza has called on young people to become "champions" for South Africa's deadliest disease, tuberculosis (TB), at the opening of the 5th South African TB Conference on Tuesday in Durban.
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Poor families forced to feed from dumping sites
MPUMALANGA – Forced to find ways of surviving, several poor families from the Msukaligwa area have found ways to feed their families from municipal dumping sites.
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Within a week the "revolutionary" new HIV drug dolutegravir has gone from panacea to pariah. Recent data from a Botswana study linking the drug to birth defects has seen the highest international health bodies issuing public warnings.
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No more victim blaming: Preventing HIV in young women
An estimated 2 000 new HIV infections occur in young women and girls every week in South Africa. Two high-profile programmes are aiming to address this crisis. In this joint Spotlight/Health-e News Service special investigation goes beyond the bells and whistles and asks what difference these programmes are really making. By AMY GREEN.
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Zuma’s ‘baby mama’ is ordered to resign
She Conquers was formed to combat the high rate of HIV among young women, driven in large part by ‘inter-generational’ relationships with much older men, so the campaign was disturbed to learn that one of its leaders has been having a relationship with Jacob Zuma, 52 years’ her senior.
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HIV+ teens keen to speak at AIDS Conference
NORTHERN CAPE - Future leaders is a group of Kuruman youth living with HIV who have decided that they want to attend next year’s Aids Conference in Durban.
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