New PMTCT protocol in two weeks
Government has committed itself to announcing a new protocol for the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programme within the next two weeks.
Anso Thom
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‘TB a scandal’
It's a scandal that tuberculosis has not been given proper attention and this is mainly because it is a disease of the poor, said Nils Billo, Executive Director of the International Union Against Tuberculosis (TB) and Lung Disease (The Union).
‘TB a scandal’
It's a scandal that tuberculosis has not been given proper attention and this is mainly because it is a disease of the poor, said Nils Billo, Executive Director of the International Union Against Tuberculosis (TB) and Lung Disease (The Union).
Treat MDR TB in the communities
Decentralising the treatment of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) to community level is gaining popularity as the way forward.
Strong link between smoking and TB
Up to 20 percent of the global tuberculosis (TB) burden may be attributable to tobacco smoking, research has confirmed.
Possible new TB drugs ‘ after 40 year wait
An antibiotic commonly used to treat chest infections may be the world's new weapon against tuberculosis, and the first new TB drug in 40 years.
Cheaper TB diagnostics for SA and other high burden countries
South Africa and 38 other countries with high-burdens of tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from a pricing agreement that will see the introduction of a test that is set to initiate a dramatic decrease in the time it takes to test for TB and multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB.
TB and HIV treatment must be integrated
TB stakeholders sets four key tasks to contain southern Africa's TB-HIV epidemic.
MDR TB patients need to be treated in communities, not locked in hospitals
Activist group opposes locking MDR and XDR patients in hospital wards as there are too many patients for health authorities to cope with.
‘Breast man’ should have been better monitored
The Mpumalanga man who grew breasts as a side-effect of being on antiretroviral drugs was not properly monitored by healthworkers, according to HIV experts.
Task team to turnaround Soweto hospital
A task team has been sent to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, charged with implementing a turnaround strategy, following news reports of newborn babies at the Soweto hospital placed in cardboard boxes because of a shortage of cribs.
Mbeki’s role in AIDS ‘experiments’ should be probed, says TAC
There should be a judicial commission of inquiry into the role of President Thabo Mbeki and his officials' in 'experiments on poor African people', according to the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).