Top2Btm: Changing Manscapes
The AIDS Priorities symposium focusing on MSM will be held in Cape Town on 20 & 21 August 2012 at the Vineyard Hotel and Conference Centre.
Jury out on using ARV prophylaxis (Mail & Guardian)
South African guidelines for the preventative use of HIV medication by men who have sex with men who are not infected with the virus are to be published in the peer-reviewed academic publication, Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, this month.
The treatment, pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep), consists of an antiretroviral (ARV) pill that is taken daily by HIV-negative people to lower their chances of becoming infected with the virus.
Men of Action at Ekuphumleni
On 30 March 2012, Health4Men ambassadors and peer educators in Cape Town visited the Ekuphumleni Frail and Aged Care Centre in Gugulethu,NY1. These Health4Men representatives, offered their services for free to this community based centre. Over 35 MSM participated, in support of this initiative by performing various duties for Ekuphumleni.
Health4Men Netball Team at the Khayelitsha Oliver Tambo Indoor Sport Centre Opening
Health4Men attended the City of Cape Town’s Sport, Recreation and Amenities Department when it officially opened the Khayelitsha Oliver Tambo Indoor Sport Centre on Wednesday, 21 March 2012. The facility serves as a recreation hub for the local community.
Clinic gave me second chance, says ex-addict
Heroin addict, cocaine addict, crystal methamphetamine (tik) addict, drug dealer, teenage prostitute, porn actor, HIV-positive by 15, TV star. You name it, Zack Smit has pretty much been there, done that.
‘Fighting A Double Stigma’
Working up the courage to discuss your sex life openly with a nurse or doctor at a hospital is challenging at the best of times. For men who have sex with men and transgender women, it’s simply too tough to contemplate…
Top2Btm Symposium on Health Care For Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Conference Report
Until recently, African MSM have been under-researched and under-resourced, and this has contributed to their stigmatisation. Fortunately this deficiency has been recognised locally and a number of innovative programmes have been developed to address this.
Lessons gained from providing services to MSM
During the 5th South African AIDS Conference, held in Durban over the period of 7-10 June 2011, Anova Health Institute under the banner of Health4Men presented on the lessons learnt from these initiatives. This also includes developments in prevention, treatment and care, plus research and training of healthcare workers.
MSM need more than just biomedical interventions
HEALTH4MEN IN THE NEWS: An article which appeared on the Plus News and African Press International websites, features comment on research which was presented at Anova’s Top2Btm symposium in Cape Town last week. Health4Men’s Glenn de Swardt was among those quoted.
New office space for Health4Men
The Health4Men office in Green Point has moved to a more spacious venue. Still located within the “gay precinct”, the new address is as follows: 1st Floor, 24 Napier Street, Green Point (directly above Anatoli restaurant, just past Crew Bar).