About Brothers for Life
Brothers for Life is a national Men’s Campaign that aims to create a movement of men that will ignite and spread throughout South Africa. The campaign draws upon the spirit of Brotherhood that exists among South African men and to encourage men to positively influence each other as men, partners, and parents and as leaders. Read More...
Events
Brothers for Life – Welkom
Lesedi-Lechabile Men Engage (MEP) and High Transmission Area (HTA) programmes will partner with the Beatrix’s HIV and Wellness Committee for the World Aids day event and deliver key messages in relation to HIV prevention and launch the Brothers for Life Campaign in Welkom. Read More...
Ambassadors
Click here to view the Brothers for Life Ambassadors
Brothers for Life Take on the Risks of Multiple Sexual Partnerships in New Television Advertisement
A man lovingly bids his family goodbye, but then he picks up a young woman and gives her a pair of beautiful shoes – only to be approached by a group of Brothers for Life, who remind him of the risks he is about to take ... “Being with different women may seem harmless, but it puts you and your loved ones at risk of HIV,” says one of the men to him. Read More ...
Be a brother for life in your community
What can I do? How can I be involved? I want to play a role! , These are the questions and statements we get from brothers from all walks of life who want to make a positive difference in their communities. Brothers For life would like to share some ideas... Read More ...
Messages of Support
Message of support by the Deputy President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe. "It is appropriate that Brothers for Life – a new national campaign that responds to the call for partnership against HIV and which is also seeks to contribute to the rebuilding f the moral fabric of our society, is taking place during the Women’s Month..." Read More...
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Tools & Resources
Men and their perceptions of Risks
Research from around the world has indicated that, on average, males have
a shorter life expectancy than females, males tend to have higher rates of
premature mortality than females, males engage in riskier behaviours that
contribute to diseases and disability than females, and that males visit
health-care facilities less than females. Studies have further shown that
life expectancy and early death in adulthood is related to, amongst other things,
HIV and Aids,transport related injury, violence, alcohol consumption,
physical inactivity, poor diet and national income.
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