Humans in the age of HIV
Many in the HIV world refer to a group that has been found to be particularly vulnerable to HIV as “key populations”.
AIDS2018: Humans in the Age of HIV-Where I work now, I actually feel like a woman
Thirty-seven-year-old Zelda Leonie, has been a sex worker since she was 17 years old. She decided to go into sex work when she realized that she could not depend on her mother to provide them with everything, so she turned to sex work.
AIDS2018: Humans in the Age of HIV-I had heard that In South Africa, Gay people were free
This article is part of a Spotlight special series on people who form part of so-called key populations.
AIDS2018: Humans in the Age of HIV-Carmen is impossible to miss
Carmen is impossible to miss. She comes sauntering down the road with her luscious black locks bouncing gently behind her, as she moves closer she casually drops her arms and reveals her toned abdomen, sporting a tattoo that rises to the side of her midriff.
AIDS2018: Humans in the age of HIV-It’s the living that can hurt you
By Nomatter Ndebele [caption id="attachment_6490" align="alignright" width="300"] Marthinus Barnard. Pic by Joyrene Kramer[/caption] There are an estimated 75000 people living in South Africa who inject drugs. According to local NGO,…
Funding shock threatens leading health programme for MSM
A trend-setting programme that forms a core part of the South African government’s health services tailored to the needs of men who have sex with men (MSM) is at risk of closing much of its operations because the US government has stopped its funding.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Wrongs: What do we need to do to get them right? – An activist perspective: Part 2
Part 1 in the series ends with the statement that we have become complicit with a horrendous status quo. We kick off Part 2 with some suggestions about how we can change this.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Wrongs: What do we need to do to get them right? – An activist perspective: Part 1
In a two-part article, Mark Heywood and Thuthu Mbatha, attempt to ask, and suggest some answers to, the hard and painful questions arising from the articles in Spotlight.
8 key findings from new district health report
The Health Systems Trust last week published the latest edition of the District Health Barometer (DHB). The DHB provides a wealth of district, provincial and national level data on a wide variety of indicators. Below we have picked out eight interesting national-level findings.
Steps to consider when proving PrEP in higher-education institutions
1 October is set to become a memorable day in some higher-education institutions. It marks the day in 2017 that Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) was first rolled out at select campus health clinics as a new, highly effective HIV-prevention method.
New SANAC CEO Dr Sandile Buthelezi responds to questions about his past
Dr Sandile Buthelezi was recently appointed as the new head (CEO) of the South African National AIDS Council. His appointment follows the suspicious non-renewal of the previous CEO’s contract Dr Fareed Abdullah and unsuccessful attempts to lure Eastern Cape head of health Dr Thobile Mbengashe to the post.
TAC congress elects new leaders, sets priorities
The Treatment Action Campaign’s 6th National Congress held in Sterkfontein, Gauteng concluded today with the re-election of Anele Yawa as General Secretary and the election of Sibongile Tshabalala as Chairperson.