Media Watch
Tag: “hiv Prevention”
By Mail&Guardian
Legislation that could see teenagers charged for having consensual sex is being challenged in the North Gauteng High Court.
Sexually active South African teenagers find themselves in a vulnerable position: 49 599 pupils fell pregnant in 2008
Continue reading | 11 May 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: hiv prevention, mail&guardian;, safe sex messaging, teen pregnancy
By Sowetan
Two weeks ago, we witnessed an incident that has violated our national psyche, which was reported across the world. The incident has forced some introspection among South Africans and people abroad about the state of the national psyche.
Continue reading | 7 May 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: hiv prevention, rape, sowetan, women
By The New Age
The Mangaung Metro will tomorrow hold a summit to form the Mangaung local Aids council.
Mayor Thabo Manyoni will meet with all stakeholders to get their input regarding the formation of the council.
Continue reading | 3 May 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: healthcare, hiv prevention, the new age
By DAILY SUN
"You could be the cause of someone's death so get yourself tested for HIV."
This was the urgent message from Tender Mavundla (30), an HIV-positive ambassador for the First Things First HIV counselling and testing campaign.
Continue reading | 23 April 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: daily sun, hiv prevention, safe sex, testing target
By The New Age
A groundbreaking study by Scott Kitchen at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been released in which stem cells were created to track down and destroy the HIV virus in a mouse.
Continue reading | 19 April 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: clinical trials, hiv prevention, the new age
By The Star
They have undergone several HIV tests, And every time, the test results came back negative.
However, their nine-year-old son is on antiretroviral treatment, having tested positive when he was just seven months old.
Continue reading | 2 April 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: arvs, healthcare, hiv prevention, hiv testing, the star
By The New Age and Saturday Star
Two more international pharmaceutical giants will compete for their share of the world's biggest antiretroviral (ARV) market.
Continue reading | 2 April 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: arvs, hiv prevention, pharmaceutical, saturday star, the new age
By The Times
The rate of HIV infection in new born babies has fallen by more than half in Gauteng, the provincial department of health said yesterday.
"The Gauteng department of health has reduced the number of infection in babies by more than half, from 11.6% to 2.3% through implementation of health services for pregnant women,"
Continue reading | 2 April 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: doh, hiv prevention, pmtct, the times
By The New Age
The third Global Health Watch report shows that health financing, including dwindling support for Aids, is one of the challenges facing global health.
Continue reading | 14 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: funding, healthcare, hiv prevention, the new age
By Sowetan
A doctor in Krugersdorp on the West Rand, who sued his wife for infecting him with HIV, is frustrated that the case is not making any progress.
Continue reading | 9 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: hiv prevention, police, sowetan, unprotected sex
Dr Gita Ramjee, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN) alumnus and head… Read more
