News – Paediatric Care
Reaching out to children and infants at Ikhwezi clinic
13 June 2011MEDIA ADVISORY:Healthcare workers at the Ikhwezi clinic in The Strand in the Western Cape usually have their hands full providing treatment and care to the nearly two thousand HIV positive patients enrolled at the clinic. Read more...
Supporting the supporters: mentoring HIV counsellors
13 June 2011MEDIA ADVISORY: HIV counselling can be an extremely demanding task. Counsellors are expected to know a great deal about HIV and to be able to share that information with people in a way that will make sense to them. Read more...
Therapy now within reach for positive children
5 April 2011FEATURE: The journey to adulthood can be a tough one. For HIV positive children, it is usually that much tougher. Fortunately for HIV positive children in the DuNoon and Albow Gardens areas, this journey no longer requires travelling long distances to access the services of an occupational therapist. Read more...
Support for HIV positive adolescents
10 March 2011ANOVA IN THE NEWS: Anova's team responsible for developing a series of resources to support HIV positive teens contributed an oppinion piece to The Star's series on HCT in schools this week. The team caution that teens are ill preparted for puberty and particularly HIV positive adolescents require support in order for them to make healthy choices pertaining to their sexual and reproductive wellbeing. Read more...
Born Positive: Responding to the sexual health needs of a new generation of young adolescents living
28 February 2011MEDIA ADVISORY: Born Positive: Responding to the sexual health needs of a new generation of young adolescents living with HIV Read more...