Support groups for gay and bi men living with HIV
New support group in Johannesburg for gay and bi men living with HIV. Then a reminder that there are free support groups also available in Cape Town.
COMBINATION PREVENTION: There’s more on the menu than you thought
Ongoing prevention messages regarding consistent use of condoms and water-based lube are essential but you might forget that you have other options available, depending on your unique needs.
COMBINATION PREVENTION: There’s more on the menu than you thought
Ongoing prevention messages regarding consistent use of condoms and water-based lube are essential but you might forget that you have other options available, depending on your unique needs.
Drug-related harm reduction
In the field of sexual health, harm reduction is often closely associated with the use of recreational drugs. We certainly can’t stop people from using street drugs and instead of moralising about it and making drug users feel alienated, we need to implement programmes designed to mitigate the harm associated with this behaviour. Such harm reduction programmes are certainly not new – their importance is recognised by international bodies such as the WHO, UNAIDS and USAID – but they’re certainly new to South Africa. Health4Men, a project of the Anova Health Institute, already at the forefront of providing innovative free sexual health services for gay and bisexual men, has initiated an innovative harm reduction programme in Cape Town.
How to Remember to Take Medication
Have you just started a new medicinal regimen that requires you to take pills every day? Remembering to take your medication every day can be a chore, but it is also very important for your health. Maybe this guide can help you remember to get the job done.
For gay and bisexual men who use recreational drugs!
* FREE harm reduction packs for injecting and non-injecting recreational drug users at any Health4Men in the greater Cape Town area.
* FREE needle exchange programme!
* Inquire about our new 'What Men Should Know' fact sheet series on recreational drug use:
- Drugs and ARVs
- Drugs and Sex
- Injecting Drugs
* Call us discreetly and in confidence on 021 421 6127 for more information.
CHECK YOUR ASSUMPTIONS – Glenn de Swardt
We all make countless assumptions every day. We assume that in the morning the kettle and toaster will do their jobs, that the car will start or that our train will arrive at the station. We make assumptions about our partners, our family members, our colleagues and our friends, and about strangers. Our assumptions about our environment and the people around us are often based on nothing more than irrational notions, concepts, beliefs and attitudes which are very rarely based on fact. For centuries people believed the earth was flat. Some still do. A homoprejudiced individual assuming that gay men are necessarily bad people believes it to be true. What we assume, believe or simply take for granted is not necessarily The Truth.