South African President Jacob Zuma has implored the people of South Africa to change their attitudes about the epidemic and the stigma attached to HIV. Vuyiseka Dubula, General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign and Positive Hero joined President Jacob Zuma launch the new testing campaign when President Zuma took leadership on the issue […]
South Africa Aims for 15 Million HIV Tests in 14 Months
Positive Heroes applauds President Zuma, the South African Ministry of Health and the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) for launching a campaign today to test 15 million South Africans by 2011 (up from 2.5million in 2009). To find a public or private ARV site please go to the Treatment Action Campaign’s Antiretroviral […]
Universal Themes of Stigma
Universal Themes of Stigma from the Stamp Out Stigma website: – People are largely unaware that their attitudes and actions are stigmatising – Language is central to how stigma is expressed – Knowledge and fear interact in unexpected ways that allow stigma and discrimination to persist – Sex, morality, shame, and blame are […]
Positive Heroes Rocks the Two Oceans Ultramarathon
“I LOOKED AT THE MOUNTAIN AND I THOUGHT: I AM NOT GOING TO WALK” SO I TOLD MY HEAD TO RUN.” And he did. Willie Engelbrecht ran the whole way up Constantia mountain – and then all the way back down the other side to complete the 56km Two Oceans Ultra Marathon […]
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