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HIV+ teen shocked after accidentally discovering her status

Our Health

Northern Cape – The Northern Cape Department of Health has, along with the Department of Social Development, undertaken to conduct basic HIV training for guardians and parents of children living with HIV, after it has emerged that many are battling to know when and how to disclose the information to children.

mpholekgetho
January 23, 2019

Tribute to TAC at 20!

News

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) turns 20 today - International Human Rights Day - and our history would be much poorer without them.

kerrycullinan
December 10, 2018

SA sleeping on the most successful HIV weapons

News

Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), taken as a once-daily pill, has been hailed the world over as one of the major HIV prevention interventions in the fight against AIDS. Yet, apart form sex workers, very few South Africans are using PrEP or even know it exists.

Amy Green
December 3, 2018

World Aids Day: Still a need to increase awareness

Health, Our Health

As the globe marks World Aids Day on December 1, the call has again gone out for people to join the fight against HIV and Aids, with the event being used as an opportunity to educate people and to remember those who have passed away.

Asavela Dalana
December 1, 2018

Fighting HIV stigma, one radio broadcast at a time

Health

WATCH: youth radio reporters fight HIV stigma and create awareness in their community in the Eastern Cape

Guest Author
November 30, 2018

HIV: One child infected every two minutes

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AIDS kills 76 adolescents around the world every day, and some 360 000 will die by 2030 unless “urgent” action is taken.

Amy Green
November 30, 2018

Hands showing lab workers testing for HIV

HIV cure ‘smacks of quackery’ – scientist

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A new HIV cure, being punted on social media, "smacks of quackery", according to a prominent HIV scientist.

Amy Green
November 6, 2018

Race determines survival in cervical cancer

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Black women are almost six times more likely to die of cervical cancer than white women, partly because diagnosis is poor and many women don’t have regular Pap smears.

Pontsho Pilane
November 5, 2018

SA scientist honoured by HIV community

Health

South African HIV scientist Professor Linda-Gail Bekker was awarded the 2018 Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention Research and Human Rights last night (21 October) at a conference in Madrid, Spain.

kerrycullinan
October 23, 2018

Teen moms are not all the same!

Health

Author Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie in a TED talk spoke of the danger of a single story. She recounted a story of her “house man” Fide, who her mother said was poverty-stricken. By Beth Amato.

Guest Author
October 19, 2018

Historic UN TB declaration ‘falls short’ say activists

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Civil society groups have criticised the United Nations declaration on tuberculosis (TB) ratified yesterday (26 Sept) saying it ‘falls short’ on critical issues in the fight against the world’s top infectious killer.

Amy Green
September 27, 2018

‘You can’t fight TB if you don’t show up’

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Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa account for half of the world’s tuberculosis cases, but only South Africa’s president will attend today’s (September 26th) first United Nations high-level meeting on TB.

Amy Green
September 26, 2018

Widespread ignorance about STIs in SA

Our Health

Health experts have warned that sexually transmitted infections (STI) have increased in South Africa, and say that young people - between the ages of 15 and 24 - are the most likely to contract an STI.

Asavela Dalana
September 26, 2018

SA’s ‘remarkable leadership’ could turn global tide against TB

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In the run-up to the first-ever United Nations high-level meeting (HLM) on tuberculosis (TB) next week, the global health community has praised South Africa for its role in tackling the world's deadliest infectious disease.