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Jailed for spreading HIV!
In a landmark ruling, a court found a 44-year-old man guilty of attempted murder after he knowingly spread HIV.
Nzimane Tshabalala was sentenced to eight years in jail by the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates Court last week.
Party with caution this summer
Party season is coming up, which means it's time to let your hair down, forget the troubles of the past year and just have a good time with your friends and colleagues.
There's nothing wrong with that, but remember to be sensible and safeguard your health. Drinking and eating too much may lead to regret when all the partying is over.
HIV fight gaining ground
Gauteng HIV treatment programme is flourishing with the province more than doubling the number of adults on antiretroviral (ARV) medication in a single year.
By mid-2013, it had more than 505 644 adults on treatment, with Joburg (177 176), Ekurhuleni (133 864) and Tshwane (106 067) in the top five districts for ARV treatment in the country, behind eThekwini (207 091).
HIV fight far from over
A great deal has been achieved in our national fight against HIV-Aids. Our campaign has in the last few years transformed from disaster to an effective, multi-pronged one that is already bearing significant fruits.
We should, however, heed the call not to be complacent because the war against the pandemic is not over. In fact, as Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe put it at the launch of an HIV testing and counselling campaign in Parliament this week, it is far from over.
Should my man be circumcised?
It is over 200 years since King Shaka Zulu banned the circumcision of young Zulu men, which had been the practice until then. This, history teaches us, was because the three-month ukusoka procedure - during which the youths went off to entabeni (the mountain) to learn how to live as adult men, and to be circumcised -robbed him of his fittest and finest warriors until they returned to their homes again.
In 2009, however, King Goodwill Zwelithini announced that male circumcision was to be reintroduced among the Zulu community. His statement was met with some surprise, but it was revealed that his ruling was in response to studies that had shown that circumcised men are far less likely to become infected with HIV/Aids than is the case with uncircumcised men.
baby, make those genes talk
You will respond to medication differently to the person sitting next to you. A friend of a different race may be more susceptible to diabetes than you are; you could be at greater risk of developing hypertension.
These signposts - which point to your disease risks and whether a certain medication will work for you - can be read in your genes. But the populations of Southern Africa, where we have the greatest genetic diversity, are understudied. And if they are studied, this information often leaves the country.
‘First proof’ Aids can be defeated by vaccination
Dr Louis Picker's monkeys who cured themselves of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) after being vaccinated have captured global attention.
Co-organiser of the recent Aids Vaccine Conference in Barcelona, Dr Christian Brander described Picker's research as "one of the most significant" findings of the event.
Research made easy: newspapers keep the public informed
Articles in The New Age and The Citizen relay interesting information from a new research study that proves medical male circumcision’s (MMC) HIV prevention power.
Two reports in different publications (4 September 2013) demonstrate how newspapers can play an important role in keeping the public informed about important HIV-related research.
ARVs for HIV-neg partners
For partners of people with HIV, ARVs may provide a shield, says privatemdlabs.com.
A study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation showed that taking the drugs normally used to treat people with HIV can reduce infection rates.
HIV in girls between 18 and 20 higher than boys
High vulnerability of HIV infection among girls in the 18 to 20 age group and men's lack of access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) compound dealing with the disease in South Africa, researchers say.
This emerged yesterday at the Wits Institute for Social Research (Wiser) Body Knowledge Conference in Parktown, Johannesburg.
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