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Children are a blind spot in South Africa’s HIV responseÂ
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By Chris Bateman, Freelance Journalist Only two-thirds of children in South Africa getting treatment for HIV are virally suppressed. Viral suppression is a measure of how well antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs reduce HIV viral load. A high HIV viral load suggests that the person is not taking their treatment constantly, or
More South Africans are getting strokes, young people aren’t exempt
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In South Africa more than one in three adults have hypertension. The condition is responsible for one in two strokes.
TB report shows the urgent need for a new vaccineÂ
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The global measures to end the tuberculosis epidemic are showing signs of recovery post-Covid. More cases have been diagnosed and the number of people who died from the disease has gone down. Despite this apparent recovery, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says urgent action is needed to end the global
Diabetes-related deaths more than doubled in the past decade
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One out of two South Africans with diabetes don’t know they have it. Such high levels of undiagnosed diabetes have devastating consequences. By the time they are diagnosed, people often have advanced organ damage.
Why the final push to eliminate malaria in SADC is so difficult
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The disease is endemic to 14 of the 16 countries that make up the SADC region.
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