Shabeens: The New Brothels?

A recent report surveying the AIDS prevalence in Lüderitz has suggested that there is a concrete link between the location of shebeens and areas with a high density of HIV/AIDS sufferers.
Student Epidemiologist Brooke Nichols conducted research on the impact that alcohol consumption can have on the level of people with HIV/AIDS whilst visiting Lüderitz [...]

Break The Silence

Written by Gregory De Vries
Sexual and reproductive rights apply to all individuals regardless of HIV status. Yet more often than not the rights of HIV positive women are not recognized or given priority.
Why in the world would I say a thing like this? Many men and women may ask. Cultural practices often tightly restrict and [...]

Break The Silence

TO QUESTION,TO EXPRESS,TO ACCEPT
By Gregory De Vries

What is a treatment supporter? A treatment supporter is a committed and trustworthy adult who helps someone living with HIV/AIDS to make their treatment a success.

Who can be treatment supporter? A treatment supporter can be a family member, partner or friend who:
· is older than 18 [...]

Music With A Message

Popular Namibian Band VM6 are touring the country the spread the AIDS awareness message through talks and music. Our roving reporter went along to check out their Lüderitz gig.
Let me first say that the view from the German hall in the YACC is undoubtedly one of my favourites in Lüderitz and as the sun [...]

Break The Silence

By Gregory de Vries
The key question this month is how do you deal with getting raped? BTS have found that a lot of people will go to the police station first. Whilst this is a good idea there are other options as well: have you every heard of PEP? Post- Exposure Prophylaxis refers to [...]

Break The Silence

By Gregory De Vries
To Question, To Express, To Accept / Tisens!!geu #uisens,U!oesns
The first relationship you need to balance is the one you have with yourself. Know your HIV status and your own worth and learn to love yourself first.
Many of us have yet to discover how powerful our thoughts are. Being HIV positive should [...]

World AIDS Week 2008

Last November was marked by the commemoration of the 2008 World AIDS Week in Luderitz. Members of the Constituency AIDS Coordinating Committee (CACOC), which includes various stakeholders from the local hospital, ministries, Red Cross, police, businesses, and support groups, began meeting weeks in advance to plan the events which took place from November 24 – [...]

Break The Silence

By Gregory De Vries
It’s nearly a year since we commemorated world AIDS day and the time has come for us to do so again. December 1st is a time for the whole world to come together under one cause; to fight against AIDS, one of the most awful diseases on the planet. On every world [...]