How Zim is beating HIV
Zimbabwe'€™s remarkable HIV decline in 10 years can mainly be ascribed to behaviour change, an analysis has revealed.
Anso Thom
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MCC fails to deliver best ARV combos
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.
Minister – Responding to the IST
A number of interventions have been implemented in response to recommendations made by a team of experts who critically assessed South Africa'€™s public health system last year, health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi revealed in an interview.
PHC the cornerstone of NHI – Minister
It has been 18 months at the helm of one of South Africa'€™s toughest cabinet portfolios and already Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has endured a disgruntled doctors'€™ strike, a crippling public sector work stoppage, the untimely death of his deputy minister and complex debates on a National Health Insurance initiative, which is really the critical transformation of the health system.
Deathly effects of no toilets
Diarrhoea, death, disability. Anso Thom uncovers the indignity of living without sanitation.
A – Z of toilets
Several stories plot the toilet saga in Khayelitsha including a timeline, the A to Z of toilet types and the questions sent to the mayor.
RR Section: Almost no toilets
RR Section is flanked by Lansdowne Road and Mew Way, both major arteries through the sprawling township of Khayelitsha. Ramshackle shacks are tightly knit with eroded and sodden dirt roads and footpaths cutting between the homes with a massive uninhabitable marsh right in the middle.
Debunking Denialism
It is fitting that one of the sharpest minds and committed leaders of South Africa'€™s illustrious AIDS activist movement has documented not only the atrocities perpetuated by the Mbeki-Manto reign, but also the evolution of one of the greatest civil society activist movements in our country'€™s history.
SA must move to a health system focused on prevention – Minister
South Africa'€™s health system has to make a 180 degree turn, away from the dominant curative health system, which is unsustainable and unaffordable, to a health system where prevention is the cornerstone, believes health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
TB report ‘€“ Millions cured, but too many still dying
Some 36 million people have been cured of tuberculosis (TB) over the past 15 years through a rigorous approach to treatment, according to the World Health Organisation. However, last year 1.8 million people died from TB including half a million deaths associated with HIV - many of them because they did not access antiretrovirals.
SA male circumcision plan almost there
South Africa has moved swiftly to develop a male circumcision plan that would have buy-in from all stakeholders and will go beyond being a purely medical intervention, ideally also engaging men on among others HIV prevention, gender issues and alcohol abuse.
Health budget decisions may be violating Constitution
Several health-related budget decisions taken in the past financial year violated the Constitution, the National Health Act, the Public Finance Management Act and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act.