Health Programs

The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism 2004-2005

Claire Keeton

Reporter, Sunday Times
Johannesburg, South Africa

TOPIC: Focus on the mental health of South Africans living with HIV/AIDS

Farmer and Workers Fight Aids Together
Sex is one of few options for the farm workers of Skuinsdrif to unwind — but, like the tobacco they cultivate, it can be deadly. 

How HIV Gave Way to Hope
One day in November 2000 when Sthandiwe Gumede opened the door, it wasn't her mother returning home.

Resilience in a Risky Trade
"Three loose cigarettes," Khanyisile commands the shopkeeper at Protea South Mall in Soweto. "I'm smoking about five a day. Do you think that's too many?" she asks, lighting up.