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Kristin Palitza is an award-winning Africa correspondent for various newspapers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as southern Africa correspondent for TIME magazine. She also works from time to time as a news editor. In her spare time, she likes to write a literary blog.

She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, but is available for assignments anywhere on the continent.

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Kristin Palitza ist eine preisgekrönte Afrika Korrespondentin für zahlreiche Zeitungen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz sowie Korrespondentin für das südliche Afrika für TIME Magazin. Von Zeit zu Zeit arbeitet sie auch als Redakteurin. In ihrer Freizeit schreibt sie gern an ihrem literarischen Blog.

Sie lebt und arbeitet im südafrikanischen Kapstadt, ist jedoch für Aufträge überall in Afrika verfügbar.

+27 72 287 2202   kpalitza@gmail.com

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'What is Left Unsaid: Reporting the South African HIV Epidemic' is a collection of articles and research that document South Africa's political struggle against HIV/Aids and the role of the media therein. Kristin Palitza is the main editor of the book, which was published by Jacana in 2010.

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'What is Left Unsaid: Reporting the South African HIV Epidemic' ist eine Sammlung von Artikeln und wissenschaftlichen Texten, die Südafrikas politischen Kampf gegen HIV/Aids und die Rolle der Medien dokumentieren. Kristin Palitza ist die Hauptherausgeberin des Buches, welches in 2010 von Verleger Jacana veröffentlicht wurde.

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Wednesday
Aug062008

Mexico musings...

DateWednesday, August 6, 2008 at 05:38PM
I am currently in Mexico City to cover the XVII International AIDS Conference - I have been very privileged to have been chosen by Panos as one of the six African journalists to produce the daily conference newspaper, Panoscope. 

One of the hottest topics of this year’s conference is male circumcision because it can reduce heterosexual men’s risk of HIV infection by 60 percent. And so circumcision has actually become part and parcel of HIV prevention strategies. It’s astonishing what a big impact a small piece of skin can have… 

Another hot and controversial issue at this year's conference is travel restrictions for HIV-positive persons. The US finally ended its two-decade ban on HIV-positive people entering the country, but dozens of other countries still pose travel restrictions, like South Korea, which denies entry to persons who carry the virus. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the restrictions "should fill us with shame" in his opening address on Tuesday. I have to agree.
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