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Time to applaud Professor Jimmie Earl Perry

By Claire Keeton | 14 January 2010

Prof Jimmie Earl Perry (right), creative director for the Afri Centre of HIV/AIDS Management

Prof Jimmie Earl Perry (right), creative director for the Centre of HIV/AIDS Management


Acclaimed performer Professor Jimmie Earl Perry, the first UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for South Africa to be appointed, will be publicly introduced at the Cape Town Waterfront next week.

UNAIDS and the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management are hosting a cocktail function for invited guests to meet Perry, director of the centre’s education theatre and creative arts programme.

A musician, dancer and actor, Perry will join eight international and three national goodwill ambassadors in promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and stopping the epidemic.

UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe announced Perry’s appointment at the centre’s World AIDS Day gala concert.

The US-born Perry, whose recent CD “Power of the Dream” was self produced, stays in Stellenbosch now.

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Having a relationship with an HIV-negative partner

By Claire Keeton | 13 January 2010

Sharing common experiences of relationships

Sharing common experiences of relationships


“Many people with HIV are in loving, supportive and intimate relationships. And many of these are with a partner who is HIV-negative,” a new page about relationships on the HIV website, namlife.org, proclaims.

“All relationships go through ups and downs and the presence of HIV in a relationship can exaggerate the routine stresses,” namlife.org advises.

“This section provides information on some of the more common problems that arise in relationships where one partner is HIV-positive and the other HIV-negative.”

This section on relationships goes way beyond traditional “Agony Aunt” columns since readers share their personal experiences on namlife.org, an award-winning organisation based in the UK.

Research in African countries has shown about one out of five relationships in Zambia and one out of eight relationships in Rwanda are between serodiscordant couples (one partner HIV positive, one partner HIV negative).

Dr Eric Hunter is driving the research to find out how HIV is transmitted from one partner to the other.