Need info & help with HIV?

The power is in your pocket!

Now you can use your cellphone to get the info you need to stay safe and live healthily. Here’s how:

For all cellphones

  • To find an HIV-related event close to you: Send a blank SMS to 30060 (until 4 December. free to Vodacom users; normal SMS rates for others)
  • To see a directory of cellphone services for HIV info and help: Dial *120*923# (20c for 20 seconds)

For more advanced phones

  • To learn about HIV and get counselling on Mxit: Go to Tradepost>MXit Mix>My Culture>Red (about 1c to read HIV info & chat to a counsellor)
  • To read a book on your cellphone! SMS one of these - EHIV (English), ZHIV (Zulu), SHIV (Sotho) or AHIV (Afrikaans) - to 32907 (R1 for SMS + about 30c to download. find downloaded book under Games or Applications)
  • To become an expert on HIV basics: Use the internet on your phone to browse redhiv.mobi (about 30c)
  • Vodacom subscribers can log on to live.vodafone.com and visit the Young Africa Live section to read and talk about HIV (free to Vodacom)

Brought to you by the South African National AIDS Council, Cell-Life and HIV-911

www.sanac.org.za www.cell-life.org.za www.hiv911.org.za