3 September 2009

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ANC’s NHI proposal

Health Systems

The ANC has been meeting behind closed doors to shape a new health system for the country. While stakeholders and the public have debated the possible shape of a National Health Insurance scheme discussion among the ANC's task team has been behind closed doors. Health-e was recently leaked the 68-page policy proposal sent by the ANC's NHI task team to the party's Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

House screening sees dramatic drop in malaria

Health

House screening can reduce the amount of mosquitoes and prevent malaria related anaemia in children, a Lancet study has shown.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

New book blows the lid off traditional circumcision

News

JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - A new book has broken the silence over what really goes on during traditional male circumcisions in South Africa, and the author, a former initiate, says that if is to be made safer and punted to prevent HIV, circumcision as many know it will have to change.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

Climate change and AIDS activists urged to join forces

Climate Change, Health

JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - The people of sub-Saharan Africa, already bearing the brunt of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, are also likely to be worst hit by the effects of climate change, but until now AIDS and climate change experts and activists have largely remained in separate camps.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

HIV-positive cricket team bowls them over

Health

HYDERABAD: (PlusNews) - Cricket is more than just a game in Pakistan; it's an obsession. So when a team of HIV-positive players stepped onto the wicket recently for their first match, the stakes were even higher.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

Treating cervical cancer and HIV simultaneously

Health

LUSAKA: (PlusNews) - The HIV/AIDS epidemic may have contributed to the high incidence of cervical cancer in Zambia, where the number of cases is the second highest in sub-Saharan Africa, and HIV prevalence is one of the highest in the world.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

Breast really is best

News

JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - The debate about the safest and healthiest infant feeding choice for HIV-positive mothers in the developing world should be over, according to one of South Africa's leading HIV/AIDS researchers.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

Family planning and HIV services work well together

News

NAIROBI: (PlusNews) - People living with HIV in Kenya do not have adequate access to family planning services, even though most HIV-infected women do not want children in the immediate future.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

Breeding men, not tigers Living with AIDS # 403

Gender Based Violence, Health

The stereotype that most South African men are abusers who spread HIV and are incapable of loving and caring, is being challenged. A new campaign in South Africa, 'Brothers for Life' is urging men to show that they are also human and can do what is good.

Health-e News
September 3, 2009

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