Mar 23 Watch South Africa Looks to Set New Course in HIV/AIDS Fight South Africa's new health minister is promoting testing, treatment and frank dialogue about HIV. But many challenges lie ahead in managing the epidemic, as Ray Suarez reports in the first of his three-part series of reports from South Africa. Continue watching
Mar 20 South Africa Considers Male Circumcision as Part of HIV Prevention Plan By PBS News Hour Male circumcision, which was recommended in 2007 by the World Health Organization as a prevention method for HIV, is receiving new attention from countries like South Africa that are struggling to fight the epidemic. Continue reading
Mar 09 Text Messages Are New Tool for AIDS Education in South Africa By Admin, PBS News Hour A mobile health project in South Africa is using cell phone text messages to reach people in even the most remote areas of the country to encourage them to get information and counseling on HIV/AIDS. Continue reading
Feb 23 Reporter’s Notebook: Cultural Taboos Around Sex Feed AIDS Epidemic By PBS News Hour In his final reporter's notebook from South Africa, Ray Suarez reflects on the entanglement of sex and death in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the challenges of confronting the issues that no one wants to discuss. Continue reading
Feb 20 Reporter’s Notebook: South African Society Shaped by Racial Identity, Apartheid By Admin, PBS News Hour Ray Suarez is reporting in South Africa on global health issues. In this reporter's notebook, he reflects on the deep history and continued legacy of racial prejudice in South Africa, and the signs of progress he has seen during his… Continue reading
Feb 18 Reporter’s Notebook: TB, HIV Hit South Africa’s Poorest Communities the Hardest By Admin, PBS News Hour Ray Suarez is in Durban, South Africa, reporting on the deadly airborne disease tuberculosis, which has been nearly wiped out in some parts of the world but is flourishing among the South African population, especially those weakened by HIV. Continue reading
Feb 17 Reporter’s Notebook: Children Orphaned by AIDS Cobble Lives from the Ruins By PBS News Hour Ray Suarez is in rural KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, tracing the daily lives of children orphaned by AIDS. In this report he looks at their struggle for survival and the unique family units that form in the absence of… Continue reading
Feb 13 Reporter’s Notebook: South Africa Battling Double-threat of Tuberculosis and HIV By Admin, PBS News Hour Ray Suarez is in South Africa reporting on the country's health policies and the growing threat of HIV-tuberculosis co-infection for an upcoming series of NewsHour reports. In this reporter's notebook, Suarez reflects on what he's seen so far. Continue reading
Jan 28 Tenuous Zimbabwe Government Deal Approved as Cholera Crisis Worsens By PBS News Hour In the midst of an escalating cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, a summit on a power-sharing deal decided Tuesday that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in as prime minister by Feb. 11. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch Anti-Apartheid Activist Politician Helen Suzman Dies Helen Suzman, the South African anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee has died at her home in Johannesburg at age 91. The NewsHour's Robert MacNeil discussed her views in a 1989 interview. Continue watching