Call for clear HIV prevention messages in South Africa | Wellcome Trust

anyone hear that? it's the death knell for MCP campaigns...

The strike has ground the country to a virtual stand-still, with the recent government injunction promising to fire those essential workers who continue to strike having no result but to anger the strikersThe schools, already a month behind due to World Cup closures, are being heavily affected. But nowhere are the effects of the strike more heart ( Read more... )

July 12, 2010 ( Read more... )

Workers to Give out 2.5 billion Condoms in SA

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Zuma shows you get the HIV epidemic you deserve ( Read more... )

This article in the NY Times speaks volumes about a South Africa divided by transport. The taxis are dangerous and many people have no other option. It's sad to see how violently opposed this safe affordable public transport initiative is.

The nearly universally accepted homophobia in sub-Saharan Africa is a main reason why I have such a push-and-pull relationship with my work and consequent residence in this part of the world. The following articles bring a bit of light on these issues.

Responses to homophobia in Africa discusses interesting ties of the US-based Christian ( Read more... )

Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, HE Mr Jacob Zuma, to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)
I am hoping that Zuma's relative popularity in the Zulu population will help to get this positive messaging against HIV-related stigma across. If it undoes half the damage that Mbeki did it will at least provide an inroad.

Crime in South Africa, It Won't Go Away

The ID book as visual evidence of life before AIDS

Legacies of Apartheid

"There's no LOL in HIV", a for teens by teens media campaign for HIV prevention was highlighted in the NYTimes: Fighting AIDS, Peer to Peer. I thought it was brilliant that the piece was featured in the Media and Advertising section rather than Health, where these things are usually found (at least by the likes of me ( Read more... )