Medication only works if you take it as you should. Check out how to do that and stay HIV-negative, or become undetectable if you’re positive
We The Brave chatted to South African born Andy Holsden about his recent pilgrimage from New Zealand back to South Africa to volunteer at the AIDS Conference 2016 in Durban. We The Brave - Today 11:35 Hey Andy, after a…
Pssst. Hey you. You’re probably wondering why this big Yellow Dot is trying to tell you something. Well, it’s because this big Yellow Dot is very different to everything else. This Yellow Dot, and all the others like it, are a…
We’re #BraveEnough to swing. So we’re definitely #BraveEnough to swing into a clinic! WeTheBrave is a sexual health campaign being launched with the MSM community in mind. This is the first large scale campaign ever in our country to specifically…
In South Africa, 2016 is proving to be a boundary-breaking, stigma-smashing year in the fight against HIV. That's because PrEP, the latest HIV prevention drug, could be available for everyone to use throughout state health care, as early as June,…
When someone becomes HIV positive, they are infected by a particular virus. It does not mean that they are sick. The HI virus will harm your immune system (which protects your body against germs). This happens very slowly over many…
In most rural areas in South Africa, traditional healers are the preferred and most accessible healthcare providers. A clear distinction needs to be made between the words 'cure' and 'treat'. While a traditional healer may assist in strengthening your immune…
We The Brave sat down with Dr. Kevin Rebe, our go-to guy at Health4Men and Infectious Diseases specialist to talk about PrEP. Dr. Kev has been working in HIV for the last decade and is focused on prevention and rolling…
Ongoing prevention messages regarding consistent use of condoms and water-based lube are essential but you might forget that you have other options available, depending on your unique needs. Combination prevention is a strategy of combining two or more proven HIV…
The anxiety of not knowing something can drive you to pull an 'Adele' and call out in desperation in a windy forest with your hands in your hair or even lose your 'ish' like Casper Nyovest did. Lacking information that…
