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IN THE NEWS: Captain Love leads the way
Captain Love, a new agony aunt column in The New Age, offers some insightful advice for those in need. The topic for this week centres around a man who suspects his girlfriend of 10 years of cheating, believing that the baby she is now carrying is not his.Contradictory messages around need for safe sex
If you are a dedicated reader of The Star and Sunday Times newspapers you might be forgiven for being completely confused as to whether risky sex is still a problem contributing to the spread of HIV among young South Africans.
Judging by the headlines of the two seemingly contradictory articles published by the papers, there seems to be some mixed messages around whether risky sex still influences the nation’s HIV prevalence.
Papers should use “AIDS” carefully
News articles continue to confuse the HIV and AIDS issues by using the wrong terms in the wrong contexts. Besides the fact that this is technically incorrect, HIV terminology should reflect the changing nature of the condition, which has been mediated by interventions.
The headline of an article in yesterday’s edition of the Sunday Times gives us a perfect example of how not to frame an otherwise decent article on HIV.
The article which talks about new research aiming to find out why South African youth are worse affected by HIV than their US counterparts, not only lumps HIV and AIDS together in the now defunct HIV/AIDS combination but the headline also makes the mistake of talking about an ‘AIDS rate.’
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