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How can We Reach More Families Living with HIV in South Africa?

Reader diary posted by kgerstman, Population Council

September 8, 2009 - 5:38pm

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I had heard that South Africans were warm and friendly, but imagine being hugged by 15 grannies!  In South Africa, strong interventions are needed to reach out to children who are not currently accessing HIV treatment services.   Since HIV is clustered in families, grannies who reach out to grannies may help children get the care they need. 


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Gender Testing and Women's Sports

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

August 26, 2009 - 8:12pm

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Testing 18-year-old South African athlete Caster Semenya to determine
whether or not she is female is the latest demonstration of the way
societies are unable to accept that gender is fluid and people are not
always "one or the other."


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Roundup: HIV Scare at Missouri High School, FRC Defends Rep. Bachmann

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 24, 2008 - 10:05am

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Students offered tests after HIV scare at Missouri High School; Family Research Council comes to defense of Rep. Bachmann; Catholic commentator warns against voting solely on abortion; Coping with depression during pregnancy; Text messages inform and encourage HIV testing in South Africa.

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Roundup: Abortion Rises Again as Election Issue

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 17, 2008 - 9:32am

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Obama seeks middle ground on abortion; McCain slammed for 'sarcastic air quotes'; Abortion restrictions on the ballot in Colorado, South Dakota and California; Broad support for reproductive health bill in Phillipines; UN says more focus on women needed in fight against HIV; 'HIV positive' Muppet educates kids on the disease in South Africa.

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Roundup: Science Based Approach to HIV/AIDS Returns to South Africa

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 14, 2008 - 10:23am

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Science-based approach to HIV prevention returns to South Africa; Indian authors tell real stories of HIV epidemic in India; New cream could help women quietly protect themselves against HIV; Catholic university orders NPR station to stop accepting underwriting from Planned Parenthood; A mother's final look at life.

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Roundup: Women Fight Against Violence, Romney's Sex Ed Hypocrisy

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

September 18, 2008 - 10:20am

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Women fight to put violence on global agenda; San Francisco Chronicle warns proposition 4 threatens choice; Mitt Romney's sex ed hypocrisy; British org publishes sex ed booklet for six-year-old students; Progress on fight against TB/HIV; Tyra Banks takes on teen pregnancy.

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Sex and Childbearing After HIV Diagnosis

By Heather Boonstra, Guttmacher Institute

May 29, 2007 - 8:00am

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Heather Boonstra, Kevin Moody and Fiona Pettit address the success of antiretroviral treatment and the new set of challenges for people around the world living with HIV.


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Improving U.S. Global AIDS Policy for Young People

By Naina Dhingra, Advocates for Youth

May 21, 2007 - 8:00am

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Advocates for Youth releases a new policy report today which presents findings from programs in Kenya and South Africa that are funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).


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The Deadly Intersection of HIV and Violence Against Women and Children

By Lisa Schechtman, Global AIDS Alliance

February 19, 2007 - 8:30am

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Let me start of by giving you a truly horrifying statistic. After you've read it, stop and think about what it means.

In South Africa, a woman is raped every 26 seconds.

Shocking, no? Let me add to it. Maybe you know all this already, but lest we get complacent I'm going to tell you again.

One out of three women in the world will be physically, sexually or emotionally abused in her lifetime.

20% of girls will be sexually abused before the age of 18. 10% of boys will experience the same tragedy.

In South Africa, a child is raped every 24 minutes.


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