Wednesday, November 21, 2012

HIV – Living Positively on Hola hamonate SABC2 Tuesday 27th November at 11h00

Despite popular belief, older people are at risk of HIV and the rate of infection amongst the elderly has been on the rise. Yet, public awareness programmes are seldom targeted at the elderly and routine medical checks on the elderly are not often considered. It also doesn’t help that many of the early symptoms of HIV such as night sweats, chronic fatigue, weight loss, dementia and swollen lymph nodes mimic the natural aging process. Malibongwe Sidula talks to us about how he copes with the virus in his senior years. We speak to Everlyn Chelwane who, despite the fact that her children and a grandchild are infected keeps going and social activist Maria Khambule gives insights into how the elderly can deal with being infected and continue to live positively. Read more...

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