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Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 1 - Disclosure

In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! - the support group discussed the importance of disclosuring one's HIV positive status to people you trust. The team visited Michelle Peers, an HIV positive woman from Wallacedene, who was finding it difficult to tell her aunt about her HIV status. Michelle and Ricardo du Preez, who is a nurse at the clinic where Michelle goes to for her treatment, joined us in studio to discuss her disclosure and how Ricardo supported her through it all.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 2 - Palliative Care

In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It, the support group looked at the pros and cons of both home based palliative care and palliative care at a Hospice. In order to get more insite the support group were joined by Seipati Ngobeni who helped nurse her HIV positive aunt back to health. Another studio guest, Dr Natalya Dinat, brought a professional perspective to the discussion.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 6 - Transactional and Intergenerational Sex

This episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! posed the following questions: Can young people, who rely on the financial and emotional support of older people, manage to negotiate safer sex? Should we encourage relationships between people with big age gaps? How are age, gender and poverty factors that influence HIV transmission?

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 7 - Treating opportunistic infections

In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! the support group spoke about the more serious opportunistic infections which occur when the immune system is very weak, when the CD4 cell count is below 200. This is the stage that is called AIDS. The reality is when your CD4 cell count is low, HIV positive people get a number of opportunistic infections but the good news is that with the help of ARVs many people recover even from serious opportunistic infections and get well again.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 9 - Good leaders lead

In this episode we explored the impact of political leaders disclosing that they have lost family members to HIV/AIDS and how the public disclosure of Justice Edwin Cameron was used as an advocacy tool to push for access to treatment for all. Studio guest, Azola Goqwana, shared a youth perspective and debated the role of HIV/AIDS leadership in all sectors of society with Siyayinqoba support group members.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 10 - Orphans

In this episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! we visited the Shabalala family in Bronkhortspruit, Mpumalanga, to find out about the day-to-day struggles and needs of child-headed households. We also found out about the Sizanani Village and Isibindi Project that assist in giving or facilitating social, personal and psychological support to children orphaned by HIV and AIDS.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 17 - Prisons and HIV

There are about 160 000 people in South Africa's prisons. Current estimates are that over half of South Africa's prison population is HIV positive. Yet condoms are not easily available in prisons and the Department of Correctional Services does not offer antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. The Siyayinqoba team asked: What effect does this have on the rate of HIV infection inside and outside prison? What about the right of prison inmates living with HIV and AIDS to receive the treatment they need?

Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2005 Episode 20 - Mental Health and HIV

In this episode the Siyayinqoba support group examined how HIV can affect our mental health and how mental health challenges can be treated. About one out of every 3 people regularly making use of HIV/AIDS clinics show some signs of facing mental health challenges and may need help to overcome these. What are the signs of depression and other mental health difficulties? And what can we do to take better care of our mental health as people living with HIV and AIDS?