Stigma

As the 26th International Aids Conference convenes, this article draws parallels between the HIV response and the emerging obesity crisis in South Africa. It highlights how…

The Netflix drama "The Polygamist" depicts Jonasi Gomora's death from an AIDS-related illness, but the article argues that HIV isn't the real villain. Instead, it's the denial,…

Adolescent girls and young women are blamed and shamed for falling pregnant, which affects how they are treated, the support they get, and the health services they reive

This results in the former convicts permanent social and economic exclusion to benefit the wealthy and the politically connected in South Africa

A great way to commemorate Mental Health Month is by generating creative ideas and encouraging those around you to do the same

Without the political incentive for fundamental economic change, the fortunes and possibilities for rehabilitation of ex-offenders will not, and cannot, change

Researchers struggle to understand how teenagers experience tuberculosis treatment, and they haven’t done enough to ask, experts at last week’s seventh South African TB…

While people are taking mental health more seriously, the commodification of workers can turn a job into a toxic space that depletes more than it uplifts

A multi-stakeholder approach has been implement to improve teenagers’ access to sexual and reproductive health rights services

Stigma around bipolar and other disorders is just as debilitating

People living with HIV in Sierra Leone who use drugs are facing grim challenges during the pandemic

Don’t be too quick to dismiss reports of visitors to Earth – perhaps they can help us

In Nairobi’s slums, residents spurn Covid-19 tests, fearing both ostracisation and the financial costs of being quarantined

Women with a history of depression are at greater risk, whereas antidepressant medication can negatively affect men’s fertility

Let us please not repeat the devastating Aids story where people died of shame rather than admit being infected by the virus