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Daily Sun readers HIV aware

By Kim Johnson

JournAIDS has blogged about the Daily Sun and Sunday Sun tabloids’ ‘HIV friendly’ approach before but Monday’s edition of the Daily Sun showed that readers are responsive to the tabloids’ HIV priority.

Monday’s edition of the Daily Sun featured a letter from a reader, encouraging people to talk about HIV. Content from the same day’s lonely hearts style ‘Sunlove’ section also shows that readers are aware of HIV, are addressing HIV-related stigma and are taking steps to protect themselves from the virus.

Continue reading | 8 September 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: daily sun, hiv awareness, hiv education, hiv test, hiv-positive, news media, stigma, sunday sun, sunlove, tabloids

DA puts the DoH to the ‘test’

By JournAIDS Going for an HIV test is daunting at the best of times without the added worry that the result might be a false negative. The Citizen and The Star newspapers have reported that a number of people tested for HIV at a Hillbrow clinic were told they had tested negative when they did in fact have HIV. The Health Department’s scant explanation of the event should have set alarm bells ringing and sent journalists and other interested parties in search of alternative explanations for this lapse.
Continue reading | 29 July 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: da, doh, false negative, g-ocean rapid test, healthcare, healthcare workers, hillbrow clinic, hiv test, politics, the citizen, the star, window period