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FEATURE: Yngve Sjolund of CD4 Magazine and consultant for HIV/AIDS NGOs in writing and and editing research around HIV takes a look at the work and progress done by the Health4Men Simon Nkoli Centre for Mens Health Clinic in Soweto.

In Straightville the acronym PnP is invariably associated with a shopping list and stocking up on fresh fruit and veg or no-name-brand two-ply. However PnP has acquired a more sinister meaning in Gayville; in international gay parlance PnP has become established as an acronym for Party ‘n Play. Simply put, PnP is about bonking while under the influence of recreational drugs.

The documentary How to Survive a Plague, chronicling American gay activists’ response to the early days of the HIV epidemic, has been nominated for Best Documentary at the 85th Academy Awards.