OPINION: Conversations about sex – we must do better for young people

Posted in: HIV, Latest, SRHR

Conversations with young people about sex can lead to safer sexual behaviour, like delayed sexual debut, the use of condoms and other contraceptives, and having fewer concurrent sexual partners but we need to give learners and young people clear and reliable information so that they can make informed choices relating to their health, writes Julia Chaskalson.

OPINION: Conversations about sex – we must do better for young people

U=U: We should put people living with HIV at the centre of HIV prevention efforts

Posted in: Edition 12: SA’s AIDS & TB response, Edition 6: HIV & teens, Edition 9: State of HIV, Latest, Reproductive Health

The U=U campaign is based on a simple message – an undetectable viral load in people living with HIV equals an untransmissible virus. The U=U campaign, argues Mandisa Dukashe, has the power to motivate people living with HIV to adhere to ARVs, achieve viral suppression, and subsequently lead long and healthy lives while preventing HIV transmission to sexual partners and their babies.