ISHP analysed
The Integrated School Health Policy is being implemented in public schools as the integrated School Health Programme (ISHP). The programme’s implementation supports South Africa’s commitment to “Put Children First”, as…
The truth about youth
Sexual behaviour and HIV risk in South African youth “Young women between the ages of 15 and 24 years are four times more likely to have HIV than males of…
Protection from harassment act finally offers a safeguard to more victims
On 27 April 2013, the long-awaited Protection from Harassment Act 17 of 2011 came into effect. This Act sets out the processes to be followed in applying for a protection…
How we fail young Women
[caption id="attachment_1230" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo courtesy of the WHO/Tom Pietras[/caption] Structural faults hamper justice for many victims of sexual abuse in schools SECTION27 and Lawyers Against Abuse are supporting children…
Should sex between children under 16 be unlawful?
[caption id="attachment_1198" align="alignnone" width="567"] High school students attend a DramAidE forum theatre performance at a high school in KwaZulu- Natal. Photo by Patrick Coleman, courtesy of Photoshare.[/caption] Criticism of a…
Better sex education – key to meeting NSP targets
[caption id="attachment_1182" align="alignnone" width="567"] High school students attend a DramAidE forum theatre performance at a high school in KwaZulu- Natal. Photo by Patrick Coleman, courtesy of Photoshare.[/caption] Among the core…
Helping Teens fight HIV
Set bold targets to reduce new HIV infections and teenage pregnancies and to increase condom use In this issue of the NSP Review we focus on young people and the…
Squinting into the future
New studies show the complexity and importance of HIV epidemiological modelling. In Isaac Asimov’s Foundation science fiction series, which is set far in the future, mathematical modelling of human society…
The mess in Mpumalanga
[caption id="attachment_1058" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Simonia Mashangoane, courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] Mpumalanga is one of the provinces where South Africa’s plan to fight HIV and TB…
Section 100
[caption id="attachment_1051" align="alignnone" width="567"] A paediatric ward at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. The hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals in the world, came under scrutiny…
Corruption in the Eastern Cape
[caption id="attachment_1039" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] [box] 168 clinics and 17 hospitals lack piped water 42 health facilities have no proper electricity and operate…
The struggle in Gauteng
[caption id="attachment_1028" align="alignnone" width="567"] Around 1500 activists and concerned citizens handed a memorandum to the Gauteng Department of Health regarding ARV stockouts and other essential medicine in health facilities across…