Zambia s stringent austerity measures have helped create a crisis in the sexual exploitation of children, with high numbers of under-age prostitutes roaming the streets, child advocacy groups say. The groups, taking stock for an international conference on the sexual exploitation of children this month in
The Sarafina II controversy followed Nkosazana Zuma all the way to the International Conference on Aids in Vancouver. SARAFINA II followed Health Minister Nkosazana Zuma to Vancouver, where she was invited to deliver the keynote address to the recent 11th International Conference on Aids. Her address was interrupted by
The scandal over the Sarafina II Aids play is threatening to escalate yet further with indications that the production may not have been financed by the European Union, but by the Ministry of Health. The development comes amid signs that the united front presented by the African National Congress over the Sarafina II a
CONDOMS should be distributed to prisoners and those with HIV or Aids should no longer be segregated, a special work group investigating health care in South African jails has recommended. The Department of Correctional Services has always ruled out condoms for inmates on the grounds that this would encourage sodomy, w
Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) - February 09, 1996
Philippa Garson
The government is in a double bind over whether to screen pregnant women for HIV, and key policy decisions are being delayed by intense debate around the issue. Although new research shows that steps taken during and after pregnancy can reduce the risk of HIV- positive mothers transmitting the virus to their babies, th
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