Tag Archives: HIV Prevention

Male Social Networks Key to HIV and Aids Prevention

March 1, 2010 – 9:42 am

A new report suggests networks of male friendships could be used to help combat the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, reports AllAfrica.com. The study titled: Extra-Marital Sexual Partnerships and Male Friendships in Rural Malawi, was published last month by the Max Planck Democratic Research Institute in Germany. The report found that a man [...]

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Disclosure Forms Part of Prevention

December 7, 2009 – 7:49 am

“When you want to disclose your status, you can start by bringing literature home on HI V/Aids, says Sue Goldstein, head of Soul City’s SA programmes in an article published in City Press over the weekend. “It is important to have support froth a priest or a counsellor, she says. Also, too many people have [...]

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Lesotho: Time To Talk About Sex & HIV

November 5, 2009 – 11:21 am

Having more than one sexual relationship at the same time is driving the spread of HIV in small landlocked Lesotho, reports PlusNews. The health sector has long suspected this, but a new report by the National AIDS Commission (NAC), in partnership with UNAIDS and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has confirmed it. The [...]

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The HIV Vaccine and Multiple Concurrent Partnerships

October 1, 2009 – 9:13 am

What does the discovery of a possible HIV vaccine mean for HIV prevention in Southern Africa? How do we ensure that people in the region do not expect the vaccine to be available tomorrow and they  start taking sexual risks such has having multiple concurrent partners and having unprotected sex?

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Imagine A World Where There Is No HIV

August 20, 2009 – 10:18 am

This TV ad was developed by ABMP as part of the You Campaign. For more information about the campaign, click here. Talk about it Share your ideas about how each of us can contribute to the fight against HIV in our communities.

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