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7-14 October 2011—HIV News Update.
Featured:
- Staying 'True' to HIV coverage: An article in this month’s edition of True Love magazine shows that the media is changing with the times, welcoming and promoting positive images and stories of people living with HIV.
- WHO report: The good and the bad news on TB: This week the World Health Organisation (WHO) released its Global Tuberculosis Control report. One of the major findings highlighted in the report is a global decrease in the amount of people being infected with and dying of this curable condition.
In the news:
- North West plans on closing floodgates (The New Age)
- Minister cancels condom tender (Sowetan, The Citizen)
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14-20 October 2011—HIV News Update
Featured:
- Fish pedicures and HIV: Twisting the fish's tale: An internationally syndicated article published in this week’s The Star uses unsupported alarmist statements to ‘spice up’ an otherwise mundane press release designed to allay fears of health risks linked to fish pedicures.
- MSM but a blip on the media's radar: While an article in this week’s issue of Move! Magazine highlights the health concerns associated with infidelity and hands out some useful advice, it fails to engage with the complex issue of men who have sex with men (MSM).
- Set the record straight on hate: A SAPA syndicated article on the Zimbabwean government’s refusal to make condoms available to prisoners makes no effort whatsoever to debunk the HIV-related myths and misinformation spilling from the mouth of an overly quoted official.
In the news:
- Contraceptive alert (The New Age)
- No fear of TB outbreak (Sowetan)
- Beers and condoms (The Star)
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21-27 October 2011—HIV News Update
Featured:
- Journalists go on swatch watch: In challenging the sale of t-shirts with misogynistic and potentially harmful messages by the Foschini Group, a number of journalists have put their best foot forward by going beyond HIV reporting to advocacy.
- HIV stigma still hurting SA: An employer’s angry and paranoid reaction to the news that her domestic worker is HIV-positive illustrates that South Africa still has a long hard road to travel to disseminate knowledge around HIV and sow the seeds for acceptance of those living with the virus.
In the news:
- 12 HIV counsellors reinstated (TNA)
- Taking on Aids with a fine role in a soapie (Sowetan)
- Tackle old anti-gay laws, summit urged (TNA)
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28 October-3 November 2011—HIV News Update
Featured:
- Mbalula and the condom caper:“South Africans worry more about corruption than burst condoms,” wrote a journalist of Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula's sex scandal in today’s edition of The Times. In terms of political concerns it might be true that burst condoms and the sex scandals they represent rank rather low on the “why should I care?” scale.
- HIV prevention and care for MSM still on lockdown: The New Age (TNA) reports that visiting Limpopo Health and Social Development MEC Dikiledi Magadzi has encouraged inmates at Polokwane correctional facilities to know their health status by screening for conditions like HIV and TB. Whether or not health services being offered at prisons will include HIV messaging and care specifically targeted at men who have sex with men (MSM) remains uncertain.
In the news:
- Patch vs pills
- Business to help tackle HIV-Aids (TNA)
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