02 Aug 2010
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Lack of parenting castigated
Daily News
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Parents should take the blame for the high number of abortions in South Africa, according to a top family policy expert, who has said that "lack of parenting" was resulting in girls as young as 12 getting pregnant.
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31 May 2010
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Lack of quality healthcare causes rise in orphans
Mail&Guardian Online
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Two small boys play quietly on a jungle gym, some distance away from other children. The six-year-old twins, who live at the Masigcine children's centre in Mfuleni township, 35km out of Cape Town, are severely traumatised from being orphaned at the age of one and have difficulty relating to their peers.
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30 May 2010
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SA has 3m orphans
City Press
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Three million girls and boys up to the age of 18 years are orphaned, according to a new study released by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
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30 May 2010
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Poor healthcare, more orphans
Health24.com
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Two small boys play quietly on a jungle gym, some distance away from other children. The six-year-old twins, who live at the Masigcine children's centre in Mfuleni township, 35km out of Cape Town, are severely traumatised from being orphaned at the age of one and have difficulty relating to their peers.
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26 May 2010
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'Doctors ignored my cries'
The Star
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Jessica Mushumba’s nightmare at Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital ended when the daughter she was going to call Mercy died soon after birth.
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25 May 2010
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Aids figures a shocking reflection on government
The Herald
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A Human Sciences Research Council survey conducted in 2008 has revealed the extent of the impact of the HIV/Aids pandemic on this country and especially its children. The frightening reality is that there are more than three million orphans in South Africa, 23% of whom are in the Eastern Cape, a province characterised by high levels of poverty and unemployment with Nelson Mandela Bay, for example, having 107 239 households out of 289 000 classified as indigent.
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17 May 2010
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Province rolls out plan to reduce child mortality rate
Cape Times
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The Western Cape Health Department has rolled out a plan to combat and reduce the mortality rate of children under the age of five.
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16 May 2010
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Local teacher has Aids plan
Sunday Tribune
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Shomane Pillay is the head biology teacher at Northwood Boys' High, in Durban North. As one of the "chosen", she says her knowledge of biology means she is well-placed to implement an HIV/AIDS prevention plan.
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14 May 2010
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Call for joint effort to protect children
BuaNewsonline
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A study by the Health Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has recommended a concerted effort by all stakeholders to minimise the risks facing children due to sexual abuse and HIV at community level.
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14 May 2010
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SA's orphaned children near half-million mark
Pretoria News
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More than 400 000 children in South Africa are growing up orphans, a Human Sciences Research Council study has revealed.
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14 May 2010
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Young children having sex
Sowetan
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An estimated 1 in 10 boys and 1 in 7 girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a survey.
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14 May 2010
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Young teens sexually active
Daily Sun
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More than one in 10 boys and one in seven girls have sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released yesterday.
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14 May 2010
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Infant mortality in South Africa 'unacceptably high'
Pretoria News
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A new study on child health has raised a red flag on the level of maternal and antenatal health care provided in South Africa's public health institutions.
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14 May 2010
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Motsoaledi denies call for banning of formula
The Star
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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has this morning denied wanting a worldwide ban on infant formula, but he did stress that formula feeding should be the exception rather than the rule.
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14 May 2010
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SA infant mortality unacceptably high
Daily News
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A new study on child health in South Africa has raised a red flag on the level of maternal and antenatal health care provided in the country's public health institutions.
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14 May 2010
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Ban infant formula: Motsoaledi
Health24
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Infant milk formula was "no different from skin lightening creams" and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday.
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14 May 2010
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Data on underage sex released
Business Day
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More than one in 10 boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they tirn 15, according to a report released yesterday.
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14 May 2010
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Babies 'dying because of poor care'
Business Day
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Mothers and children have frequent access to healthcare facilities, but the poor quality of care they receive is leading to unnecessary deaths, a new report from the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows.
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14 May 2010
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One in ten kids in SA 'have had sex'
Diamond Fields Advertiser
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More than one in 10 boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released yesterday. The report was compiled by the Human Sciences Research Council from data collected in 2008 for a national HIV prevalence survey.
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14 May 2010
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Babies 'dying because of poor care'
MSN ZA News
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Mothers and children have frequent access to healthcare facilities, but the poor quality of care they receive is leading to unnecessary deaths, a new report from the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows.
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14 May 2010
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1 in 10 kids have had sex
Health24
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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14 May 2010
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Minister: No to baby formula
The Witness
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Infant milk formula is “no different from skin lightening creams” and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said yesterday.
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14 May 2010
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Infant mortality unacceptably high in South Africa, study on child health finds
Cape Argus
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A new study on child health in South Africa has raised a red flag on the level of maternal and antenatal health care provided in the country's public health insitutions.
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14 May 2010
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Children under siege
The Times
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The death rate of South African children under the age of five is increasing because of poor healthcare.
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14 May 2010
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Baby formula 'must be banned'
The Citizen
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Infant milk formula was "no different from skin lightening creams" and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said yesterday.
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13 May 2010
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HSRC report focuses on state of children's health in SA
SABC News
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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is to receive a report compiled by the Human Sciences Research Council dealing with the state of South African children's health. The report deals with a variety of issues affecting the health of children from birth up to 18 years. Health spokesperson Fidel Hadebe says it also focuses on the 2015 Millennium Development goals in the health field.
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13 May 2010
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Breastfeeding best - formula ban proposed
Allforwomen.co.za
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Breastfeeding is best and infant milk formulas should be banned, according to a statement made by the South African Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed
iol.co.za
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed
Weekned Argus
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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Ban infant formula - Motsoaledi
News24.com
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Infant milk formula is "no different from skin lightening creams" and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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Ban infant formula - Motsoaledi
Research Channel
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Infant milk formula was "no different from skin lightening creams" and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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More pregnant women access antenatal care
BuaNews Online
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Ninety seven percent of pregnant mothers have had access to antenatal care during their pregnancies with 71.4 percent receiving antenatal services five times during their pregnancy, a study by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has found.
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13 May 2010
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One in ten kids 'have had sex', survey reveals
Mail&Guardian online
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed
Sunday Tribune
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed
Daily News
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed
Pretoria News
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed
The Star
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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13 May 2010
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SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed
Cape Times
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More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
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28 Apr 2010
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EC universities reveal current HIV/Aids stats
Daily Dispatch
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Two Eastern Cape universities have revealed their HIV/Aids statistics following a survey that
showed 6.4% of the student population in the Eastern Cape was living with the disease.
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05 Apr 2010
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Overall campus HIV rate is lower than in communities
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A survey of more than 23 000 students and staff members at 21 institutions of higher education has established that the national HIV prevalence rate among students is 3.4% and among academic staff the rate is 1.5%. However, there are wide variations in HIV prevalence from region to region and
among institutions within some regions.
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01 Dec 2009
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We have a small window of opportunity to turn the Aids tide
Star
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South Africa's former Aids chief Dr Nono Simelela recently returned to South Africa to head up the country's national Aids Council She spoke to Khopotso Bodibe of Health-e News Service about her appointment which she descnbes as exciting and a challenge.
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25 Aug 2009
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Traditional health practitioners in South Africa
The Lancet online
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The South African Traditional Health Practitioners Act defines traditional health practice as performance of a function, activity, process, or service based on a traditional philosophy that uses indigenous African techniques and principles that include traditional medicine or practice, including the physical or mental preparation of an individual for puberty, adulthood, pregnancy, childbirth, and death.
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20 Jul 2009
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South Africa Is Seen to Lag in H.I.V. Fight
New York Times
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ORANGE FARM, South Africa - Young men have flocked by the thousands to this clinic for circumcisions, the only one of its kind in South Africa. Each of them lies down on one of seven closely spaced surgical tables, his privacy shielded only by a green curtain.
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09 Jun 2009
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Child, teen HIV down - study
news24.com
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Durban - The prevalence of HIV in children and teenagers has dropped, a national survey has found.
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09 Jun 2009
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More young men are using condoms - survey
iol.co.za
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The prevalence of HIV in children and teenagers has dropped, a national survey has found.
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09 Jun 2009
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Lower rate of HIV in teenagers
The Times
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The prevalence of HIV in children and teenagers has dropped, a national survey has found.
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31 May 2009
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An MD who sees the bigger picture
Sunday Times
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Professor Leickness Simbayi has been appointed executive director of the research programme on the social aspects of HIV/Aids and health at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
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25 May 2009
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Head of Aids programme named
Pretoria News
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PROFESSOR Leickness Simbayi has been appointed executive director at the HSRC of the large research programme on the social aspects of HTV/Aids and health, as of June 1.
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05 Jan 2009
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'Vlieg in motoris se oog' en heksery lei glo tot ongelukke
Beeld
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Bygelowe en fatalistiese oortuigings het 'n beduidende invloed op padongelukke in Suid-Afrika.
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04 Jan 2009
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Africa and the road ‘kill’ factor
City Press
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Each year, the number of deaths and disabilities due to road accidents escalates. Strangely, this is most marked in Africa, where ownership of motor vehicles is among the lowest in the world. Karl Peltzer investigates.
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11 Dec 2008
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Aids survey in Paarl region
Paarl Post
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FIELD workers from the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) are currently in the Paarl area busy with a survey to accurately determine the levels and rate of HIV infection in South Africa.
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30 Nov 2008
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Young men line up to cut the risk of HIV
The Times
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South Africa has the world's biggest Aids treatment programme and, like the rest of the world, it has recently adopted a renewed, urgent focus on HIV prevention.
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05 Nov 2008
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South Africans have poor understanding of climate change
eco worldy
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Almost a third (28%) of South Africans have not heard about global warming or climate change while over a half considered their knowledge as “hardly anything” or less. The Human Sciences Research Council, a South African parastatal, conducts human sciences research in support of the growth and development of the country.
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29 Oct 2008
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Penn State faculty work with colleagues in a country where the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is the highest in the world
media-newswire.com
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Mitchell's Plain is a large, sprawling township near Cape Town in South Africa. It contains monotonous rows of houses built about 20 years ago for the "coloured" population.
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28 Oct 2008
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Partnerships work to improve life in South Africa
PennState live
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Mitchell's Plain is a large, sprawling township near Cape Town in South Africa. It contains monotonous rows of houses built about 20 years ago for the "coloured" population - one of the racial groups designated under the aApartheid system to refer to people of mixed-race. A community marked by high unemployment and poverty, there are public schools here that lock the doors during the day and are surrounded by barbed wire to keep out gangs; daily realities among students include drug addiction, pregnancy and HIV/AIDS.
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23 Oct 2008
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Things are hotting up
Finweek
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DISASTER AWAITS South Africa and the rest of the world if even only a fraction of various disturbing climate forecasts turn out to be true.
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12 Oct 2008
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HIV patients trust in traditional remedies
Sunday Times
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Close to one out of every two people with HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal believes traditional remedies are safer than Western medicines. And more than 66% believe that they would not be able to live without traditional medicines, more than 60% believe that herbs control their HIV rather than antiretroviral drugs and 96% of participants believe doctors prescribe too many medicines.
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02 Oct 2008
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Climate change 'low on list of SA concerns'
Wolrd News online
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CAPE TOWN - South Africans are growing increasingly concerned about climate change but are reluctant to bear the costs of initiatives to curb greenhouse emissions, a survey from the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows.
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01 Oct 2008
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South Africans concern about Climate Change
Afica news online
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Most South Africans are much concerned about climate change but not willing to use their resources to curb greenhouse emissions, a survey has disclosed. It was conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). The 2007 South African Social Attitudes Survey was sampled among 3164 people.
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22 Sep 2008
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Tackle link between alcohol and HIV
Dail News, Botswana
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GABORONE - There is need to boldly step out and tackle the link between alcohol and HIV says Dr Samba Nyirenda, co-founder of the Save Haven Counselling Centre in Francistown.
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20 Sep 2008
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Wealthy restrict Aids researchers
The Times online
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Wealthy South Africans are apparently reluctant to allow nurses conducting South Africa's biggest HIV survey into their homes, leaving researchers in the dark as to how many of them have the virus.
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19 Sep 2008
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NMF supports HIV/AIDS survey
46664 website
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First commissioned by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in 2002, in partnership with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), the HIV/AIDS behaviour and health survey was the first household seroprevalence survey of its kind to be conducted in South Africa.
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18 Sep 2008
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HIV study: Whites, Indians wary
news24.com
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The country's largest study testing South Africans' attitudes to HIV and Aids has run into resistance from Indian and white people, researchers said.
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09 Sep 2008
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Manto upbeat on HIV but many are dubious
www.iol.co.za
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The health department has reported a drop in HIV prevalence in its annual survey - but researchers warn it's too soon to tell.
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10 Jun 2007
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Dicing with death a game for 'Playas'
SUNDAY TIMES Sunday, 10 June 2007, p. 14
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“Playas” who average six girlfriends in three months, people living with HIV and those with sexually transmitted infections who drink alcohol are among the groups being targeted to stop the spread of HIV
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10 Jun 2007
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Sugar daddie are charged with being at the forefront of spreading HIV/Aids
CITY PRESS Sunday, 10 June 2007, p. 23
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They are trendy dressers, drive flashy cars and flaunt their wealth. And they have an insatiable appetite for sex with young women. They are called sugar daddies
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10 Jun 2007
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Uys wins praise, pounds potatoes
SUNDAY TRIBUNE (Sport Edition), Sunday, 10 June 2007, p. 15
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He said the F word in front of Archbishop of Cape Town, but satirist Pieter -Dirk Uys has done more to prevent Aids that any other single person in South Africa
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07 Jun 2007
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Kungase kugadlwe ngokusoka empini ye-HIV
ISOLEZWE (KZN) Thursday, 7 June 2007, p. 4
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UKUSOKWA kwabesilisa kungase kube yingxenye yezikhali zikaHulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika zokulwa nokubhebhetheka kwegciwane lengculazi. Phambilini abacwaningi baveza ukuthi ukusokwa kwabesilisa kuyawehlisa amazinga okuthola igciwane kuze kufinyelele ku-75%. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kwabesilisa abasokile abayishumi, kunamathuba okuthi abayisikhombisa ngeke balithole leli gciwane yize bezihianganise nocansi olungaphephile.
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06 Jun 2007
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Manto nie by kongres
BURGER (Kaap), Wednesday, 6 June 2007, p. 7
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Durban. - Suid-afrika se minister van gesondheid, dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, is nie by die derde Suid-Afrikaanse vigskonferensie nie weens haar ontevredenheid met die posisie wat sy hier sou he.
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06 Jun 2007
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Sugar daddies up HIV risk for young women.
CAPE ARGUS (City Late) Wednesday, 6 June 2007, p. 6
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Young women chasing the three cs - cars, cellphones and cash - were far more likely to end up with HIV instead, Dr Olive Shisana, chief executive afficer of the Human Science Research Council, has warned.
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06 Jun 2007
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Manto nie op konferensie oor vigs
VOLKSBLAD Wednesday, 6 June 2007, p. 6
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DURBAN. - Suid-Afrika se gesondheidsminister, dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, is nie op die derde Suid-Afrikaanse vigskonferensie nie, weens haar ontevredenheid met die posisie wat sy hier sou he. Adjunkpres. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka het gisteraand op die opening van die konferensie na die minister se afwesigheid verwys as 'n "netelige kwessie".
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06 Jun 2007
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Sexual patterns worrying
DAILY NEWS (Deadline) Wednesday, 6 June 2007, p. 3
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SEXUAL behaviour is not changing in South Africa despite the massive energy and expertise that goes into research. This was the sobering message from Olive Shisana, CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council at the 3rd South African Aids Conference at Durban's International Convention Centre last night.
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04 Jun 2007
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AIDS conference to focus on killer tuberculosis
Business Day (Final), Monday, 4 June 2007, p. 4
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CAPE TOWN - More than 4 000 scientists, activists and medical experts are due to converge on Durban this week for the third South African AIDS Conference.
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29 May 2007
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Putting the HIV figures in place
Business Day, Tuesday, 29 May 2007, p. 13
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IN SURVEYS commissioned by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in 2002 and 2005, the Human Sciences Research Council (FISRC) surveyed national HW prevalence and associated features such as sex, age, race, location, age at sexual debut, awareness of the risk of HIV infection and condom use.
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29 May 2007
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All AIDS roads lead to Durban in June
Health Management Review Africa, 01 Jan 2007, p. 12
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Durban will once again be the venue for the biggest Aids convention on the African continent when the Third South African AIDS Conference is expected to attract more than 3500 participants to the city's International Convention Centre (ICC) between June 5 and June 8.
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24 Dec 2006
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Poverty to blame for our teachers' HIV
City Press
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In last Sunday's City Press, the chief executive of the Human Sciences Research Council, Olive Shisana, is quoted as saying that poorly-paid teachers are forced to have multiple sexual partners to survive. This is not true. What she said was th...
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07 Oct 2002
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The Care of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project
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The WK Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has awarded the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) a $5 million grant over the next five years to undertake an intervention-orientated research project to inform the care of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS. The three countries participating in the project are Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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07 Oct 2002
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Who will look after our children?
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The WK Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has awarded the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) a $5 million grant over the next five years to undertake an intervention-orientated research project to inform design a research-driven intervention project to assist in the care of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS. The three countries participating in the project are Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The HSRC will be involved in the research and development of interventions to improve the quality of life of these children, and in the evaluation and monitoring of the success of the project. The HSRC will collaborate with relevant research organisations in the three countries to evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions.
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