NOMBULELO MADALA

Beat It! 2002 Episode 2 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo looked at how untreated opportunistic infections further suppress the immune system.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 3 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo gives sound advice on food and nutritional supplements.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 4 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo gave an introduction to TB and TB treatment.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 5 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

In this episode the resident HIV/AIDS Community doctor, Dr Madala, looked at domestic violence and its implications for HIV prevention.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 6 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo looked at the role Cotrimoxizole plays in positive people's live.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 7 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo took a support group discussion on personal experiences with ARVs further by illustrating the benefits of these drugs.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 8 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo Madala welcomed viewers into her consulting rooms and gave them an introduction into the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 9 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo looked at the impact STDs can have in a positive person's life.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 10 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo shared necessary information on the treatment of herpes and pointed out why it is important to treat any infection as soon as possible. Early treatment prevents an immune response which would simply create more CD4 cells that would allow the HI virus to multiply even more.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 11 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

In this episode Dr Nombulelo looked at shingles and how they should be treated.

Beat It! 2002 Episode 12 - Dr Nombulelo Madala

Dr Nombulelo discussed the symptoms of and the treatment for oral thrush

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 1 - Opportunistic Infections

This 2004 Siyayinqoba Beat It! series was broadcast on SABC1. With Jason Wessenaar as the presenter, this fourth series' Support Group was comprised of some old and some new members. Once again Dr Nombulelo Madala was the resident doctor. At the end of each episode Jason summarised each episode's content with a ‘Things we should remember' section. In this first episode the team looked at opportunistic infections and the need to treat them as soon as possible. It went on to show the benefits of being treatment literate: Treatment literacy allows you to demand the right drugs; the drugs that will work.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 2 - Sexually transmitted infections

In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! the team discussed sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The inserts focused on the prevalence of STIs amongst the youth which in turn got the support group to discuss how prevention messaging can be improved to bring about behaviour change in the youth when it comes to sex.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 5 - Caring for Children on ARVs

Treatment Literacy and drug adherence are two related requirements that improve the success of the antiretroviral roll-out. This was reaffirmed by the Siyayinqoba Beat It! Team. What however are the additional challenges that HIV positive children face in firstly accessing ART and then taking it correctly. To help answer these questions the team met up with Joyce Kepe and her daughter Caroline in Mbekweni, Paarl. Dr Nombulelo then joined the group to explain the important things caregivers can do to prevent infections in HIV positive children.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 7 - Children on ARVs beat HIV

Nomandla Yako brought her son, Thamsanqa, to the Siyayinqoba Beat It! support group to share the difficulties she went through when Thamie was a bit younger. She went on to say that since he started antiretroviral therapy his health improved drastically. In the insert we also got to meet the nine year old Jady Grasland who had had horrible disfiguring facial warts until she started taking ARVs.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 12 - Positive living beats HIV

In this episode we followed Anthony Fernandes and Busisiwe Maqungo, two support group members, to a fresh produce store where they bought all the essential food types for a healthy balanced diet. Dr Nombulelo Madala joined the support group to discuss the important food types and why an HIV positive person needs a balanced diet. ‘Uncle' John Vollenhoven also showed us his food garden initiative in Atlantis in the Western Cape.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2004 Episode 13 - PMTCT

The Siyayinqoba Beat It! team followed Busisiwe's story about the death of her daughter Nomazizi; how her loss changed her perception of HIV and how she rose from that challenge. Dr Nombulelo Madala was in the studio again to answer questions about the prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission programme.