Brothers For Life Turns Two

It was two years ago when the late  Dr. Molefi Sefularo, then Deputy Minister of Health, launched the Brothers For Life Campaign in front of 10 000 people in KwaMashu, Durban.  Dr. Sefularo challenged this initiative to address issues that go beyond individual behaviour and seek to address social norms, policies, culture and to build supportive environments.

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South African Men's Sector Policy Summit

The SANAC Men's Sector represents organisations and other bodies that work with men or run programmes focusing on men in the areas of health and social upliftment.  The sector aims to support initiatives that address the role of men in combating the spread of HIV and AIDS, as well mitigating the impact of the disease in our communities. We also seek to support all other national initiatives aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of South Africans.

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SANAC Progress Report

Our first Men’s Sector newsletter reported on two progressive Men’s Sector districts in South Africa - Sekhukhune, in Limpopo province, and OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape. Recently OR Tambo district hosted Eastern Cape Men’s Prayer Event which was attended by 400 men from all over the province. Limpopo held an historic Men’s Imbizo as a part of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence in partnership with the Department of Health in the province.

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Brothers For Life Radio Talk Shows

In partnership with Brothers for Life, SABC Education is currently broadcasting a 26-part interactive talk show series dealing with the advancement of family health. Using the Brothers for Life messaging and positive approach, the show focuses on men’s health and men’s responsibilities in improving their family’s health. The show is part of the multi platform Brothers For Life campaign launched two years ago and it airs on eleven stations in ten languages.

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The Republic of Zambia adopts Brothers For Life Campaign

KABWE, Zambia, 18 October 2011 – The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council has distributed more than 30,000 Brothers for Life posters and brochures to its provincial and district officials nationwide.

“It is critically important that Brothers for Life reaches the community level, the grassroots,” said Bishop Joshua Banda, Chairman of Zambia’s National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council. “I am pleased that using NAC’s officials in all nine provinces and 67 districts that the new Brothers for Life IEC [information, education, and communication] materials will visible and begin to influence behaviours regarding HIV and AIDS, gender-based violence, and alcohol abuse.

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SAMAG National Men's Health Summit

A historic men's summit for South Africa

Just over two hundred men from across the length and breadth of South Africa gathered on the 7th and 8th of July this year at the Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria. The men came together at the invitation of the South African Men’s Action Group (SAMAG) to discuss issues of men's health. Experts and activists from the health professions and civil society organizations presented reports on prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, cardiovascular diseases, alcohol and drug abuse, and more. The summit thereafter deliberated on the programme, looking at areas of health that affect men and have been proven to be the causes of poor health.

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