Scientists agree that a short and relatively inexpensive combination of anti-retrovirals could reduce mother to child transmission rates in Africa more effectively than the widely used single combinations, but less than 10 percent of the women worldwide who need it are accessing the drugs.
Central to the many efforts to address poverty is the safety net provide by state grants. However, fraud and corruption amounting to R1-5-billion is taking place every year, especially in the area of disability grants.
A leading scientific journal has criticised Government for being defensive over deaths from HIV/AIDS and urged it to show backbone and courage in tackling "the crisis of its people".
President Thabo Mbeki has lauded Government's plan to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic as among the best in world adding that it was being implemented with 'greater vigour'.
Four brief case studies illustrating the human rights principles underpinning HIV/AIDS issues in South African law.
Still catching their breath after the introduction of tough dispensing rules, community pharmacies in small towns have been dealt a further blow as the health department issues thousands of dispensing licences to health practitioners.
The Western Cape celebrated the arrival of the first portion of the R430-m from the Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria. Health-e was there when the champagne corks popped.
A summary of the labyrinthian world of social welfare services and the options that exist for abandoned children or those offered up for adoption.
Abandoned and orphaned children are languishing in South African institutions while bureaucrats take up to two years to decide whether they can be adopted.
Despite the overall low levels of HIV prevalence in the Western Cape, some urban areas within the province have HIV prevalence rates of almost 30 percent.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) doctor Herman Reuter has been presented with the Pierre Jacque Rural Doctor of the Year Award for his tireless work in Lusikisiki.
Government's long-awaited antenatal survey,
a measure of the maturity of the country's HIV epidemic, was released
this week. Although there was no statistically significant increase, the rates
remain high.
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