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Media should be more critical of government underspending
The early morning "After 8 debate" on SAfm on Monday heated up when radio host John Perlman asked various government officials "Why is the government struggling to spend money allocated for HIV and AIDS?
HIV/AIDS: Zuma’s renewed political tool?
Although former deputy president Jacob Zuma remains in hot water concerning allegations of government corruption, he has at least got his story straight regarding HIV/AIDS.
Home HIV-testing around the corner?
The Guardian'sHealth Editor Sarah Boseley made a blunder last week, claiming the US Food and Drug Administration had approved a rapid HIV home-test kit, before the committee had even met to discuss the matter.
Personalising the pandemic
I didn't know what awaited me when I was asked to facilitate a two-week training course called “Politics of HIV/AIDS Healthcare” on behalf of the Southern African Media Training Trust (NSJ). I came away from the course exhausted, but challenged and inspired by the 18 journalists from around the region who shared in this experience with me.
Manto madness must not sidetrack media
With qualifications to her name such as a BA from Fort Hare University, a diploma in Obstetrics, a Master's Degree in Public Health from a Belgian university and a Health Care Systems Planning certificate from the United Kingdom, Mantombazana Edmie Tshabalala-Msimang is a reasonably qualified health minister. But test public support for this particular politician, and you're bound to get an earful.
