*Mike Seneka, Sabelo Zondo,
and Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala
From her 21 st floor office suite on Field Street, Princess Aisha estimates that she writes about a dozen prescriptions per day for fidelity protection medicine. As part of a large cornucopia of African solutions for the African HIV/AIDS crisis, substances that assist with HIV prevention have been largely […]
Perfecting their song and dance routines, virgins throughout KwaZulu-Natal are busy preparing for next month’s Reed Dance Ceremony to be held at King Zwelithini’s palace in Nongoma. This ceremony is a big event on the province’s cultural calendar, and the need to prepare young virgins to take part in the ceremony means that the services […]
Twenty-year-old Chris is a student at a Durban tertiary institution who works part-time as an HIV/AIDS peer-educator for the institution’s Student Counseling Centre. His job is to facilitate workshops that will spur fellow students to practice safe sex. When briefed about a recent UNAIDS report that identified a reduction in the number of concurrent sexual […]
It’s a sultry summer evening in 2002 in Johannesburg , South Africa ’s sprawling metropolis. The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) 8 pm news bulletin is about to be broadcast. The service’s health correspondent has filed a story on the exorbitant prices of anti-retrovirals in the country. The report’s main focus is upon a woman […]
As a proud member of the ‘High-Five’ club 17 yr. old Pretty* will happily share details of how she came to be part of this exclusive sisterhood. Entry is based on one simple requirement: You need to have five concurrent boyfriends. According to Pretty this is no small achievement. Certain skills such as an ability […]
Statement by Elizabeth Mataka, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa on the occasion of Laura Bush, US First Lady’s visit to Zambia, June 28 2007.
We welcome Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States of America, to Africa and to Zambia in particular. We are happy that she has found time […]
Where is Health Reporting in the region?
A Health Reporting Conference under the theme “Opening up New Possibilities through Dialogue”, took place from the 10th to the 11th of May in Johannesburg, South Africa. Organised by Wits University and Africa Media Assignments the conference sought to find out the state of health reporting in South Africa. […]
Does it make sense for mainstream media outlets to run articles claiming to overturn the overwhelming consensus of scientists and scientific institutions on a scientific issue? When the issue is a matter of life and death, such as whether HIV causes AIDS, or whether condoms reduce the risk of transmitting HIV, is it even ethical […]