A new combination of drugs to treat tuberculosis (TB) could offer renewed hope in the fight against the disease, thought to kill around 1.4 million people every year. The results of a Phase II trial involving 85 patients, and reported in The Lancet, show that the new combination could kill more than 99% of patients'€™ TB bacteria within two weeks, and could lead to improved treatment for patients infected with forms of TB that are resistant to existing drug treatments, as well as those infected with drug-susceptible TB.
Read More » New drug combination offers hope in fight against tuberculosisNew research published Online First in The Lancet suggests that drug-resistant HIV has been increasing in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa since the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) nearly a decade ago.
Read More » Scientists call for increased surveillance as study assessing HIV drug resistance shows rising rates in some areas of Africa
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says it'€™s time that the country focuses on family planning programmes to reduce the scourge of maternal and child mortality. The minister was speaking at the opening of a new health facility whose primary purpose is child and maternal health.
Read More » Family planning key in maternal health outcomes
WASHINGTON'€” A novel approach to discover the first new tuberculosis (TB) combination drug regimen cleared a major hurdle when Phase II clinical trial results found it could kill more than 99 percent of patients' TB bacteria within two weeks and could be more effective than existing treatments, according to a study published today in the Lancet. These results add to a growing body of evidence that the new regimen could reduce treatment by more than a year for some patients.
Read More » Trial signals major milestone in hunt for new TB drugs
WASHINGTON DC, 23 July 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - Fewer babies are being born HIV-positive, but treatment for the more than three million children living with HIV remains under-researched and underfunded. As part of efforts to boost access to paediatric HIV treatment, researchers are getting creative, moving to better pills, kid-friendly treatment "sprinkles", micro-tabs and even medicine-dispensing pacifiers.
Read More » HIV/AIDS: Better paediatric HIV formulations
Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe addressed the delegates at the opening of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington. Read it here.
Read More » Kgalema Motlanthe’s address at the International AIDS Conference
Researchers have identified various successful and promising interventions from around the world that could be used to improve opportunities for regular physical activity and encourage more people to be physically active.
Read More » Effective ways to get people exercising
Information and communication technologies, especially mobile phones, could be an effective way of encouraging millions of people worldwide to become more physically active.
Read More » Cellphones could get people moving
The high prevalence, global reach, and colossal harms of physical inactivity means it should be recognised as pandemic, according to a paper in The Lancet.
Read More » The pandemic of physical inactivity
With the world'€™s biggest sporting showcase kicking off in London Friday, researchers are warning that physical inactivity has become a contributor to the burden of disease similar to tobacco smoking or obesity, responsible for 5,3 million of the 57 million deaths that occurred globally in 2008.
Read More » The Lancet physical activity series: special release
Worldwide, around a third of adults (about 1,5 billion people) and four out of five adolescents are failing to do the recommended amount of physical activity, placing them at a 20 to 30 percent greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer.
Read More » Inactivity puts 1 in 3 adults at risk for diseaseAn international team of researchers examined the current understanding of why some people are more physically active than others.
Read More » Why some are more physically active than others
The People's Health Movement South Africa issued a statement and call to action at its first national health assembly (NHA) which preceded the Global People ¹s Health Assembly held in Cape Town earlier this month.
Read More » Call to Action
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced new results today that show a significant increase in treatment of HIV and in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Read More » Global Fund results show broad gains
A TB drug combination that killed 99 percent of patients'€™ bacteria in two weeks could cure TB in record time and cut treatment costs by 90 percent.
Read More » SA TB trial brings hope of faster, cheaper treatment
