How to grow your own nurses
Almost 10 years ago Eben Donges Hospital in Worcester acknowledged a looming nursing crisis and established a groundbreaking learnership programme that has uplifted the community and averted massive nursing vacancies.
Anso Thom
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There’s no room
The hospital referral system is failing, and patients are getting stuck in the huge gaps between clinics and hospitals, district hospitals and more specialized regional and tertiary hospitals.
New focus on HIV prevention
TORONTO ' Billionaire AIDS philanthropist Bill Gates set the tone at the opening of the 16th International AIDS conference last Sunday when he stated 'we have to do a much better job on prevention'.
Breast is best ‘ even for babies with HIV+ mums
TORONTO ' A South African study has conclusively shown that babies with HIV positive mothers who are exclusively breastfed are significantly less likely to get the virus than if they get breastmilk and other food mixed.
More effective HIV prevention than just ABC
TORONTO ' More effective ways to prevent HIV prevention than simply the old ABC approach of 'Abstain, Be faithful and Condomise' may be available soon, according to research being presented at the biennial International AIDS conference this week.
Super resistant XDR TB rears its head in KZN
TORONTO ' A study from KwaZulu-Natal has revealed shocking details of a super-tuberculosis strain ' XDR TB ' that is resistant to all first and second line TB drugs and has an extraordinary high death rate.South Africa does not yet have any drugs to treat people with XDR TB.
Manto promotes garlic diet at AIDS conference
TORONTO ' Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang opened South Africa's Khomanani exhibition at the World AIDS Conference with her much criticized recipe of lemon, garlic and beetroot ruffling feathers.
Humanity needs to work together to defeat AIDS – Gates
TORONTO ' Defeating AIDS will not be the success of one great scientist, one great community worker, or one great leader, but the accomplishment of the whole human family working together for one another. With these words, Melinda Gates ended the formal session at the opening of the 16th World AIDS Conference.
Bush accused of undermining Africa’s AIDS prevention policies
TORONTO - George Bush's millions going to abstinence-only HIV prevention programmes, many in Africa, has been slammed as insipient neo-colonialism and illegitimate by a fiery Stephen Lewis of the United Nations.
Bill and Melinda Gates give $500 000 000 for AIDS
TORONTO ' Bill and Melinda Gates have boosted AIDS coffers on the eve of the world's biggest AIDS meeting with a U$500-million contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
Combination of drugs best for TB
TORONTO - Pairing a common tuberculosis (TB) drug with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is more effective than either therapy on its own at preventing full-blown TB disease in people with HIV.
Charity treats parents and prevents more orphans
Amid all the doom and gloom surrounding the AIDS epidemic, a charity project is working vigorously to keep HIV positive caregivers alive, in turn saving thousands of affected children from orphanhood.