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NOMBEKO MPONGO

 

Nombeko Mpongo
Presenter
Nombeko Mpongo was the presenter of the 2002 series of Beat It! alongside Vuyani Jacobs.

Beat It! 2002

In July 2002 the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the Treatment Action Campaign ordering government to roll-out a prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programme. Beat It! consequently set out to show how PMTCT programmes could be implemented both in rural and urban areas and how nurses were key in making these programmes work. In the same year government also announced that it would be making post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) available to rape survivors. Beat It! consequently increased treatment literacy sections that addressed both PMTCT and PEP, making scientific information accessible to viewers.
2002

Beat It! 2002 Episode 5 - Special Report

Video clipOn the 17th of April 2004 the South African government announced that it will be providing post-exposure prophylaxis to rape survivors in South Africa. The Beat It! team made this information, along with what to do when you become a victim of rape available to the viewers.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 11 - Support Group

Video clipIn this episode of Beat It! the Support Group members talked about what they are doing as individuals to turn the tide on HIV and how they chose to make something positive out of an HIV diagnosis.
2004

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 14 - Women beat gender violence

Video clipSouth Africa has one of the highest incidences of sexual violence and rape in the world. This along with the highest incidence of HIV in the world means that sexual violence and rape in South Africa carries the added strain of possible HIV infection. In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! the team looked at post-exposure prophylaxis and how to access it.