February 2012

The main health calendar events for  February are: Healthy Lifestyle Month Reproductive Health Month 4 Feb is World Cancer Day – Do you need print material to increase awareness amongst your staff? 12-18 Feb is Pregnancy Awareness Week – Wellnomix offers a Pregnancy Journey workshop 12-18 Feb is STI/Condom week – Wellnomix offers an STI-Condom Quiz & Demo workshop 17 Feb is Healthy Lifestyles...

2012 Health Calendar

Health & Wellness Champions around the world use global and national Health Observances as a guideline for their annual Health & Wellness Calendars. The specific events or causes are selected depending on the specific wellness risk profile of their organisations. The health observances calendar is available from the South African Department of Health website. The below calendar is based on the events for...

HIV Update

Whilst most people in SA know about HIV & AIDS going into 2012, many do not understand where the epidemic is currently. To assist with distributing the more pertinent and recent information Wellnomix have compiled an HIV Update workshop. During 2011 the HIV Update was conducted to companies such as Hewlett Packard. The outline of the 2011 HIV Update is illustrated...

SA will deal with HIV TB & STIs 2012-2016

On 1 December 2011 President Zuma announced the Government’s plan to manage HIV & AIDS, TB and Sexually Transmitted Infections over the next 4 years. Read more. NSP 2012-2016

World AIDS Day 2011 and beyond

After another successful WAD campaign for many, many will go back to abstaining from sex if they can; being faithful to their partners; and / or using condoms; controlling disease if and when they become aware of STIs that may be present in their relationships and many will be taking their treatment daily. But is this the calm before the storm? The tide has clearly turned when it comes to the HIV & AIDS epidemic...