Essays about: "AIDS south africa"

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1. 1. THE CONCEPTION OF THE BATTLE AGAINST HIV IN SOUTH AFRICA - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Mandela, Mbeki and Zuma

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Esther DeBoer; [2021-10-04]
   Keywords : African languages; South Africa; HIV AIDS; Mandela; Mbeki; Zuma; Critical Discourse Analysis; Legitimation Theory; Silent Discourse;

   Abstract : In the past decade South Africa has enrolled the biggest antiretroviral treatment programme (ARV) in the world to treat HIV/AIDS. The country has had a hard time to deal with the disease for a long time, however, now seems to make progress in combatting the disease and even sets an example for other countries in the world in how to deal with the disease. READ MORE

3. 2. Life skills education: Reducing sexual risk behaviour among young women in South Africa? Analysing the effect of life skills education on life skills knowledge, sexual risk behaviour and HIV prevalence

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Sandra Jaballah; Anna Wallin; [2020-06-29]
   Keywords : AIDS; Behavioural Health; HIV; Life skills education; Life skills knowledge; Sexual risk behaviour; South Africa;

   Abstract : South Africa is considered to be the epicentre of the HIV pandemic and its women are disproportionally affected by the disease. A key strategy to prevent and mitigate the spread of HIV infection is the implementation of life skills education in all primary and secondary schools. READ MORE

4. 3. Masculinity and HIV The impact of men’s masculinities on risky behaviour in Umgungundlovu district, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Ronald Byaruhanga; [2020-01-31]
   Keywords : HIV and AIDS; Masculinity; Risky behaviour.;

   Abstract : This study aimed at exploring the relationship between masculinities and HIV and AIDS. In so doing, the study sought to provide a thorough understanding of whether specific masculine identities influence men to indulge in unsafe sexual practices in uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. READ MORE

5. 4. Assessing the Relationship between Christian Congregations and Teenagers Infected with HIV as Infants: a Qualitative Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Marie Kristin Pauline Kalender; [2019]
   Keywords : HIV AIDS; teenagers; Christian; church; South Africa;

   Abstract : Problem: With 20% being infected, South Africa still has the highest HIV prevalence worldwide, implying a large number of children being infected as infant over the past decades. Nowadays, many of these infants are in their teenage years. Little research has been conducted about those adolescents. READ MORE

6. 5. You can’t eat the sweet with the paper on : An anthropological study of perceptions of HIV and HIV prevention among Xhosa youth in Cape Town, South Africa

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Kajsa Yllequist; [2018]
   Keywords : HIV; HIV prevention; condom attitudes; Xhosa youth; loveLife; gender inequality; hegemonic masculinity; ulwaluko.;

   Abstract : South Africa has the biggest HIV epidemic in the world and the HIV rates among youth are especially alarming. In 2016 there were 110 000 new cases of HIV among 15 to 24-year-olds. The aim of this study is to describe and analyse perceptions of HIV and HIV prevention among Xhosa youth in the township of Langa, Cape Town. READ MORE