HIV/AIDS
There's only one thing that 2010 means to South Africans -- the Fifa World Cup. But 2015 could mark an even greater achievement.
This is the deadline that UNAids and Unesco have set to "halt and reverse the spread of HIV" -- with educators playing a...
How can educators get learners to think differently about the consequences of unprotected sex?
The first exercise includes four edited news articles that are certain to get every learner involved. In each of the selected case studies someone has act...
Research suggests that South Africa's HIV epidemic has levelled off, with a noted decline in new infections among teenagers aged 15 to 19.
The findings of the third national HIV prevalence, incidence and communication survey conducted in 2008 also s...
"Fight HIV like our grandfathers fought apartheid" - these were the wise words of a grade 11 learner. "Fighting HIV is like climbing Kilimanjaro," another said.
Having run HIV workshops at secondary schools on the West Rand, the East Rand, Johannesb...
In February a shocking article appeared in a daily newspaper. A grade 11 girl from Tembisa High School on Gauteng's East Rand died after giving birth to a baby girl she named "Comfort". The article reported that 30 girls from Tembisa High had fallen ...
When singer-song-writer-poet Bob Dylan wrote The Times They Are A Changin' in 1964, no one knew quite how the pace would pick up in the 45 years since he wrote the famous lyrics. Today's teenagers world is unlike anything most of us experienced in th...
After a month back at school, you have hopefully established your rhythm for 2009. I hope that as you map your year ahead you will think about your role in protecting learners from HIV and Aids. As a competent teacher you can play a key role in HIV p...
 Educators are in the business of imparting information. In the case of HIV and Aids, 2009 should be the year when we pull out all the stops.
We teach kids academic subjects so that they can pass an exam to study further and ultimately become functio...
 What is it like to live as a child with HIV? How does a child such as this deal with death, the loss of a parent, poverty or medical treatment?
An American publication called Be a Friend provides some clues. It features the writing of children and t...
The United Nations Losses Exercise was designed by people living with HIV/Aids to help others personalise and understand the impact of finding out they are HIV positive. It lends itself to classroom use and is appropriate for learners between 14 and ...
The latest report suggesting that there has been a possible slowdown of the HIV-epidemic in South Africa should be regarded as an act of providence, rather than something for which the department of health can claim credit.
The antenatal HIV survey ...
 Many teens say they use condoms "sometimes" but not "always", according to a national survey on the sexual behaviour of young people.
Why make use of condoms at all if you are going to use them only "sometimes"? It's like playing Russian roulette - ...
Teenagers often enter HIV danger zones - high-risk factors that can cost them their lives. I set about identifying some of these high-risk factors with a group of grade 11 learners at West Ridge High School in Johannesburg.
They were invited, as pa...
 There is a part of the brain - just above the eyeballs - that lights up if an image of a baby's face is flashed on to a screen. This is according to a study released earlier this year. Nothing happens if the picture on the screen is that of an adult....
Excitement was in the air at Malvern High School in Johannesburg when 20 learners arranged a circle of chairs for a brainstorming session. The purpose was to highlight the importance of young people thinking for themselves and thinking more effective...
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