Media Watch
Tag: “sowetan”
By Kim Johnson
The Sowetan should seriously consider printing a retraction, after publishing misinformation on HIV treatment.
According to an article in Monday’s (7 May 2012) Sowetan on the sensitive subject of ARV shortages in Limpopo, patients who are struggling to access ARVs can and are “switching from ARVs to AZTs, which are easily available”.
In reality AZT or ZDV (otherwise known as Zidovudine) is actually one ARV that is used in some treatment regimens. AZT cannot be used to treat HIV on it’s own but is used in combination with other ARVs to control HIV infection.
Continue reading | 11 May 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: arv shortage, sowetan
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 Sowetan
The Gauteng health department aims to test three million people for HIV and to put almost one million people on to treatment in the new financial year.
Continue reading | 16 April 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: arvs, nsp, sowetan, testing target
By Kim Johnson
An article in today’s (15 March 2012) Sowetan recounting the experience of a woman who was cured of extensively drug resistant TB (XDR-TB), is a sensitive and multifaceted portrayal which shines a spotlight on the stigma that people who have TB face while highlighting that TB is a serious but curable condition.
The stigma faced by people with TB is often overshadowed by the concerns over HIV-related prejudice and discrimination.
But by recounting the experiences of Mmaphefo Mohlaoleng and placing the story on page 2, the Sowetan has broken the silence around TB-stigma.
Continue reading | 15 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: sowetan, tb-stigma, xdr-tb
By SUNDAY SUN, Sowetan and The Times
HIV/AIDS drama series Intersexions walked away with the most statuettes at the 6th annual South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas)
Continue reading | 13 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: safe sex messaging, sowetan, sunday sun, the times
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
By Melissa Meyer
At the end of last week the ANC announced its intentions to make HIV a notifiable disease. The divergent approaches taken by two news outlets covering the issue suggests that a major disparity exists in the quality of journalism between weekly and daily papers.
Continue reading | 9 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: city press, policy, politics, sowetan
By Sowetan, The Times and The Star
The Family of former Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana star Thabang Lebese revealed last night that the player died of complications related to HIV/Aids. Lebese died at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg 13 days ago. He was 38.
Continue reading | 6 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: disclosure, healthcare, sowetan, the star, the times
By Kim Johnson
Could the reluctance of whites, Indians and affluent blacks to participate in the Human Sciences Research Counsel’s (HSRC) HIV Survey have something to do with how HIV is represented in the media? Articles in
The Times and the
Sowetan this week on particular groups’ refusal to participate in the study are proof that some South Africans believe that HIV is not their problem.
Continue reading | 2 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: healthcare, hiv awareness, hsrc, sowetan, the times
By Sowetan
During her state of the province address on Monday, Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane high lighted some of the successes that her government has notched in improving the lives of citizens as well as the challenges that the provincial government continues to face.
Continue reading | 22 February 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: deaths, politics, sowetan
