We review local media coverage of HIV and support South African media practitioners covering HIV issues. Whether you’re a journalist, script writer or radio producer, here you’ll find the information and contacts you need to produce healthy media. The website is maintained by the HIV & AIDS Media Project.
An article in The Star raises an important issue around HIV and sexual minorities but by simply rehashing the findings of one report, stops short of making it relevant to local audiences.
There is growing awareness that addressing the sexual health of men who have sex with men is key to an adequate response to the HIV epidemic.
Last week (17 May 2013) an article in The Star chimed in on the conversation, pointing out that as a result of stigma, discrimination and underfinancing… Read more
An alarming 1 565 young girls have fallen pregnant in Mpumalanga in the first quarter of this school year.… Read more
Access to HIV-related information for disabled patients remains lacking, putting this already vulnerable population at even greater risk.
An article in… Read more
Coverage that raises awareness around innovative mobile technology ‘MAMA’ could have been stronger.
This week three articles appearing in the… Read more
Access to HIV-related information for disabled patients remains… Read more
Coverage that raises awareness around innovative mobile technology… Read more
An article in The Star raises an important issue around HIV and… Read more
Despite evidence that disproves the popular belief that… Read more
DSTV competitor TopTV made news this week after the broadcaster’s… Read more