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King’s comments threaten HIV-prevention efforts among sexual minorities

The Anova Health Institute’s Health4Men project expresses deep concern around Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini KaBhekizulu’s hateful comments while speaking at an event commemorating the 133rd anniversary of the Battle of Isandwana. Read more...

Anova bolsters TB care at Zola

For the community of Zola (Soweto), the partnership between the provincial health department and Anova has already been paying dividends in the form of free and safe medical male circumcision. Now residents will also be able to access comprehensive TB treatment and care in a newly refurbished wing of the Zola Community Health Centre. Read more...

Anova’s Dr Coceka shares her experience in the new One International publication

The head of Anova’s PMTCT programme, Dr Coceka Mnyani, is in good company in One International’s latest publication. Coceka is among a handful of HIV notables, such as former US President George Bush and renowned HIV researcher Luc Montagnier, who shared their stories in the ‘The Beginning of the End of AIDS’. Read more...

Khutso Kurhula pushes the envelope on Tier.net

Anova’s Khutso Kurhula project goes above and beyond in partnering with government to implement the Tier.net monitoring and evaluation system.

H4M in The Star’s spotlight

ANOVA IN THE NEWS: Health4Men’s Dr. Kevin Rebe made news in The Star newspaper on World AIDS Day, discussing Health4Men’s range of specialised health services for men who have sex with men (MSM).

New black condoms: another innovative safer sex initiative by Health4Men

MEDIA ADVISORY:Health4Men's innovative black condom received more than warm welcome from commmunities in Cape Town and Johannesburg when it was launched on World AIDS Day.

“No more discrimination, now there is a white and a black condom’’, one man said. “The choice is yours’’ added another, “black is beautiful’’. A gay man in Gugulethu asked, “Why didn’t someone do this before to make condoms look more natural?” These were some of the tamer reactions to the launch of Health4Men’s new black condom.

The sensational response to this innovative twist in HIV prevention had the Health4Men team scrambling for more stock as the public snatched up around 18, 000 condoms on World AIDS Day in Cape Town and township areas such as Khayelitsha, Langa and Gugulethu, and in various points in Soweto.

National Strategic Plan on HIV, STIs and TB (2012 - 2016)

The National Strategic Plan for 2012- 2016 has been released amongst World AIDS Day hype. The Plan has been revised from the last NSP (2007-2011) and is said to now be all inclusive of all HIV affected groups, including men who have sex with men (MSM). Read more...