February 19, 2009

30 dying every day in the Free State – HIV Clinicians

At least 30 HIV positive people have died in the Free State every day following a moratorium the province placed on initiating any new patients on anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, according to conservative figures from the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society.

Zim health ‘ a ticking time bomb Living with AIDS # 379

A threat of more infectious diseases, a drug-resistant AIDS epidemic and malnutrition could add to Zimbabwe's current cholera woes, says humanitarian medical aid agency, Doctors Without Borders.

Zimbabwe’s worsening crisis

Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis continues to rapidly deteriorate, causing appalling suffering, MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res (MSF) warn in a report released this week. The organisation's medical teams have now treated almost 45,000 people, an estimated 75% of the total number of cases in the current cholera outbreak - and the crisis is far from over.

Survival in the time of cholera

Pia Engebrigtsen worked for 2 months as a nurse in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province during the country's cholera outbreak, in which MSF has so far treated more than 45,000 people. Here she shares her story of death, heartbreak, survival and saving lives against all odds.

30 dying every day in the Free State – HIV Clinicians

Zim health ‘ a ticking time bomb Living with AIDS # 379

Zimbabwe’s worsening crisis

Survival in the time of cholera

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Zim health ‘ a ticking time bomb Living with AIDS # 379