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SANAC on Fixed Dose Combinations

Health

MEDIA RELEASE: As of this month (April), some public sector AIDS patients will start to take simplified ARV treatment of just one pill a day to manage their infection. The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) welcomes this change in…

Health-e News
April 16, 2013

SANAC on Fixed Dose Combinations

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Health-e News
April 8, 2013

Circular: Use of Fixed-dose Combinations in Place of Lamivudine Single Agents

Health

Issued on 7 January, the Department of Health circular offers guidance to clinicians regarding the use of two-in-one combination antiretrovirals (ARV) following a change in ARV tendering.

healthe
January 9, 2016

Mpumalanga patients excited about fixed-dose ARVs

Our Health

ERMELO. ' Patients on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment here are excited about the roll-out of the single-dose ARVs in April. This, they believe, will improve their quality of life through decreased side-effects and easier adherence.

Health-e News
March 29, 2013

Simpler ARV treatment begins in Eastern Cape

Health, Our Health

Eight people have been initiated into the new Fixed Dose Combination of ARV treatment at the Magwa Clinic. The new treatment uses one pill, which combines emtricitabine, TDF and efavirenz.

mtshanamvlisi
May 10, 2013

New pills bring new hope

Health, Men's Health, Our Health

LUSIKISIKI. - All twelve clinics in the Qaukeni sub-district in the Eastern Cape are dispensing the new fixed dose combination pill (FDC) to HIV patients. This new pill is a triple antiretroviral that is believed to improve adherence as it only needs to be taken once a day. The fact that ARV treatment now consist of just one tablet will make it easier to dispense and prescribe, and make ordering and monitoring stock supply easier for clinics and depots.

tandekahlongwane
April 29, 2013

HIV+ mom feels ‘blessed’ with new medication

Health, Health Systems

MGUNGUNDLOVU. - April marked the start of a new era for HIV positive pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers. That was when the fixed dose combination pill for HIV was introduced in South Africa.

Health-e News
April 19, 2013

Finally, SA announces single pill for HIV

Health, Men's Health

Government took a major step towards improving HIV treatment compliance and cost with the announcement that the new antiretroviral (ARV) tender will include a triple fixed dose combination (FDC) tablet, which combines three pills into one.

Health-e News
November 29, 2012

Activists and docs want one pill for HIV

Health

The Treatment Action Campaign and MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res are calling on government to included fixed dose combination drugs in the new antiretroviral tender. This demand is not new, but for a long time the Medicines Control Council failed to register these drugs making them unavailable for inclusion in the tender. Several FDCs have now been registered. Read the TAC/MSF statement here.

Health-e News
August 14, 2012

MCC fails to deliver best ARV combos

Health, Health Systems

South Africa's Medicines Control Council (MCC) refused to fast track critical fixed dose combination (FDC) antiretrovirals for inclusion in the country's massive antiretroviral tender outcome announced in December, several sources have confirmed.

Anso Thom
February 1, 2011

Landmark ARV pricing deal to save SA billions

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Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health, says a landmark pricing deal announced by UNAids will accelerate the availability of the first affordable, generic, single-pill HIV treatment.

healthe
September 22, 2017

Medication shortages at Gauteng facilities

WHO recommends ARVs to prevent HIV in men who have sex with men

Health, Men's Health, News

Men who have sex with men (MSM) should be offered antiretrovirals (ARVs) before they contract HIV to prevent infection, according to new international guidelines released Friday.

lauralopez
July 14, 2014

Very far from end of AIDS

Health

UNAIDS talk about the end of AIDS is “misleading and potentially irresponsible,” said Section27 director Mark Heywood.

kerrycullinan
December 10, 2013

“How am I going to tell my parents?”

Health, Our Health

Thembi Khabonina Nkomo, from Daantjie in Nelspruit, was diagnosed with HIV 13 years ago. She was afraid of being disowned by her family. She now credits her family’s love and support for her strength and happiness.

cynthiamaseko
December 2, 2013

One pill a day makes all the difference

Health, Our Health

In April, the Department of Health introduced South Africa’s first three-in-one fixed dose (FDC) antiretroviral (ARV). OurHealth speaks to an FDC veteran about the difference one pill can make.

cynthiamaseko
November 28, 2013

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