Backers of a new service which asks online dating site users to opt-in to receive updates from former partners who are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections have welcomed the take-up among the gay community.
Recreational drug use can make people more likely to be infected by HIV. Also, for people taking antiretroviral medications (ARVs) to fight HIV, there can be some serious interactions between drugs and ARVs. These interactions can lead to under- or overdoses of ARVs or recreational drugs. Some of these may be fatal.
Health4Men Cape Town’s outreach team and peer educators, recently promoted the Ukwazana campaign on trains running between Cape Town and Khayelitsha.
South Africa has the fourth-highest burden of TB (tuberculosis) in the world and also has the largest number of drug-resistant TB cases reported worldwide. Another big problem in South Africa is the high prevalence rate of TB and HIV co-infection. HIV seriously affects the immune system which escalates the risk of contracting TB.
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A local health orientated website reports that anal cancer rates are higher among people infected with HIV, according to new data published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The highest rates of anal cancer were found in HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM), but rates of anal cancer among HIV-positive men and women in general were also higher than rates in the general population.
Dr Kevin Rebe, the Specialist Medical Consultant at Ivan Tom’s Health4Men in Cape Town, comments on this article.
ZIMBABWE’S President Robert Mugabe at the weekend told British Prime Minister David Cameron “to hell with you” over the prime minister’s call to respect gay rights.
SOME KIND OF INSANITY: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe listens to speeches during his birthday rally in Mutare about, 26km east of the capital Harare. Mugabe turned 88 last Tuesday. PHOTO: REUTERS
Cameron said at the Commonwealth summit last year that countries receiving British aid should respect human rights, including gay rights.
For India’s health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, homosexuality is not only “unnatural” but also a “disease.”
Addressing mayors and village council heads on HIV/AIDS on Monday, he said “this disease has come to India from foreign shores.”
“The disease of MSM (men having sex with men) is unnatural and not good for Indian society,” he said. “It’s a challenge to identify such people. In case of female sex workers, we can identify the community and reach out to them since they live in clusters. But in case of MSMs, it isn’t always possible.”
STI/Condom Week proved to be a very busy and productive week for Health4Men in both Gauteng and Western Cape.
Numerous events were scheduled in Khayelitsha, Soweto and other locations over the period 12-18 February 2012. Community events in Cape Town took place in association with the City of Cape Town Health Department, the Western Cape Department of Health and other non-profit organisations and included Site C taxi rank (Khayelitsha), Khayelitsha Mall and Kuyasa Men’s Clinic. Events included HIV testing drives, educational talks on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and condom distribution.
In Johannesburg, Health4Men took part in the Healthy Lifestyle Exhibition that was organized by the University of Johannesburg Campus Health Centre and Health4Men also went back to the Rec Room on Valentine’s Day for our monthly HCT service visit.
In the wake of local actress Lesego Motsepe’s astonishing public announcement, a column in Tuesday’s (14 February 2012) The Times questions the value of using celeb power as a driver of causes and campaigns.
Some of us like only women, some of us prefer men, others like both men and women but we’re all African Men.
Prejudice and stigma against men who like men must STOP!