2004/2005: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
Fellows
Philippa Garson
Summary of research:
Philippa’s research focused on the challenges facing HIV-positive women in Soweto who participated in the PMTCT programme there. She has produced a number of articles on PMTCT, stigma and discrimination, secrecy, disclosure and relationships with partners.
Biography:
Philippa Garson is an experienced journalist who has published on a wide range of issues, including news, politics, health and education. In the 1990s she specialised in education reporting, editing the Mail and Guardian’s The Teacher newspaper and the Sunday Times Top Schools Survey. In 1996 she won the British Council/Sanlam Education Journalist of the Year Award. She is currently working as a freelance journalist and is also editing and writing books for teenagers (2004).
Outputs
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A new shield for women
(24.05 KB) Mail & Guardian, 3-9 December, 2004.
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Microbicides: A progress report
(6.11 MB) HIV/AIDS Indaba, December 2004, Edition 3.
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Gender, Sex & HIV/AIDS
(6.80 MB) HIV/AIDS Indaba, December 2004, Edition 3.
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The Nevirapine Controversy & the Media
(5.80 MB) HIV/AIDS Indaba, April 2005, Edition 4.
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HIV/AIDS Pandemic Brings Gender Relations into Question
(5.61 MB) HIV/AIDS Indaba, July 2005, Edition 5.
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Voices of mothers on preventing HIV transmission
(33.45 KB) IRIN Plus News, 11 April 2005
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HIV-positive men come to terms with their status
(14.57 KB) IRIN Plus News, 7 June 2005.
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Fear of stigma still prevents disclosure
(34.70 KB) IRIN Plus News, 13 June 2005.
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Challenging stigma by living positively with HIV
(31.71 KB) IRIN Plus News, 21 June 2005.
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Don’t forget girls like to have sex, sometimes skin to skin
(4.83 MB) The Sunday Independent, 12 June, 2005.
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It helps when you know you’re not alone
(22.06 KB) The Sunday Independent, 5 June 2005.
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Men behaving positively
(30.13 KB) Sunday Times, 12 June 2005.
Nicola Spurr
Summary of research:
Nicola researched coverage of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in the print news media.
Biography:
Nicola Spurr is a freelance researcher and writer based in Johannesburg. Since 1994, Nicola has worked for, and consulted to, a range of non-governmental organisations and public sector departments within South Africa. She has worked in diverse fields, including HIV/AIDS, local government, low-cost housing, energy efficiency, media monitoring, youth and civil society (2004).
Outputs
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Is childbirth an absolute right?
(20.23 KB) Mail and Guardian, 1-8 April 2005.
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Who is setting the PMTCT agenda? A quantitative content analysis of media coverage of PMTCT in South Africa
(518.42 KB) Baby Steps: reporting on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
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Gauteng ARV Roll-out gains momentum
(7.02 MB) HIV/AIDS Indaba, December 2004, Edition 3.
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Sustaining the coverage (co-authored with Natalie Ridgard)
(522.87 KB) Rhodes Journalism Review, 25 November 2005.
Franz Krüger
Summary of research:
During his fellowship Franz did extensive research around the role of ethics in HIV/AIDS reporting.
Biography:
Franz Krüger is a journalist with over 20 years of experience. He has worked in print and broadcasting in South Africa, Namibia and the UK, at media groups ranging from the BBC and the London Guardian to East London’s Daily Dispatch and the Windhoek Advertiser. As national editor of radio news and current affairs at the SABC from 1994 to 1999, Krüger formed part of the first post-apartheid management team at the corporation and helped achieve a significant turnaround in the credibility and quality of radio journalism at the corporation (2004).
