Lifting The Lid On Hiv And Aids
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Stop smoking!
There are many reasons to quit smoking-for your health, your finances, your family, but for people living with HIV, smoking…
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Do vitamin, mineral supplements help?
Many people living with HIV take extra vitamins and minerals in an effort to strengthen their immunity or improve their…
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Why have unprotected sex with a sex worker?
Sex workers in Malawi have the highest prevalence of HIV, 70.7 percent compared to the national average of 14 percent.…
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Legalising sex work
I have had ‘interactions’ with female sex workers, mostly hostile ones, in toilets of bars and dance floors of nightclubs…
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Get circumcised for World Aids Day!
Men, get circumcised! Women encourage your sons, brothers, husbands, relatives and friends to get circumcised! There is overwhelming scientific evidence…
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Couples counselling—go together, know together
I love that line—Go together, know together. A Ugandan campaign to encourage couples to get tested together; my favourite campaign…
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Parents HIV disclosure to children
Paida Mpaso last week wrote an insightful piece on ‘Should parents disclose their HIV status to their children?’ She presented…
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Transactional sex
Women and girls who have sex for cash gifts, those who do not consider themselves commercial sex workers but sleep…
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When they mess up
Skin complaints particularly rashes are a common problem for people with HIV. Skin ailments can either be the result of…
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Well done Mr Splash!
Thank you Geoffrey Kapusa (Mr. Splash), renowned MBC-TV music presenter, for publicly disclosing your HIV status. I was especially happy…
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Why do some progress faster to Aids than others?
A question I often get asked: How come some people with HIV seem to progress to Aids and death faster…
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Patient power
Doctors, nurses and clinical officers in Malawi’s public hospitals are underpaid and overworked, but that should not stop you, as…
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Prison, prisoners and HIV and Aids
“There are 22 of us in our cell, and two of my cell mates have juveniles as ‘wives’. They got…
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV: Part 2
In developed countries, when HIV was first found in gay men, gay activists groups were quick to lobby governments for…
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Theft earns Dedza man 30 months IHL
Dedza First Grade Magistrate’s Court has sentenced Mavuto Chipokola to 30 months imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for being found…
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Men who have sex with men and HIV
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are male persons who have sex with other males, regardless of their sexual…
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Open letter to Ms Jeremiah of Garani MW 1 Herb
Dear Ms Gloria Jeremiah, I am extremely intrigued by your boldness in declaring that you have a cure for Aids.…
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Sexual desire and performance—Part 2
Thanks to an e-mail from a reader who works as a clinician at an anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinic in response…
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Sexual desire–Part 1
As this column comes out today, the world’s biggest Aids conference (Aids 2012) ended on Friday in Washington DC, USA.…
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Exercise your way to happiness, health
Anyone who knows me well, knows I am a lover of exercise! I have been around Blantyre gyms: Pro-Fitness, College…
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