12 March 2013
HIV rates among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in Tshwane resemble to those in pregnant young women. HIV rates among this population are notably higher than that among men of the same age in the population in general. In a…
04 March 2013
Efforts result in modest decrease in new HIV infections Study results presented on 4 March 2013 at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
30 January 2013
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the HSRC to become a UNAIDS Collaborating Centre on HIV Prevention Research and Policy.…
29 January 2013
A new set of guidelines and training tools dealing with the legal, ethical and counselling issues related to HIV testing of children is now available for HIV/AIDS practitioners working with children. Dr Heidi van Rooyen, project team leader and…
15 January 2013
Despite the popular image of “invulnerability,” women who have sex with women (WSW) in southern Africa are living with, or are at risk of contracting HIV. This is according to a new study led by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)…
31 July 2012
n overview of families in South Africa reveals significant changes over the years, including a transformation of the family structure and family relations. Unlike in the past, the presence of nuclear families and intimate couples has emerged as the…
16 March 2012
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and study partners kick starts its R42m national health survey, the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES) in four provinces as from Monday, March 19, 2012. Several…
23 February 2012
The Fourth South African National HIV, Behaviour and Health Survey (SABSSM 4), undertaken by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) every 3 years, has been underway for just over a month. Fifty seven teams of field-workers are visiting selected…
28 November 2011
Port Elizabeth – More than 14 million South Africans took part in HIV counselling and testing campaign over the past year – that is the size of the urban populations of Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria, Soweto and Port Elizabeth…
24 November 2011
Professor Arvin Bhana has been appointed as executive director of the Human and Social Development (HSD) research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). He holds a PhD in Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of…
