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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.
Released in December, this 56-page policy outlines the management of patient safety incidents, including the provision of feedback to patients, families and clinicians, as well as the sharing of lessons learned.
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The 10-page guide provides an introduction to the role medical regulatory authorities play in access to tuberculosis (TB) medicines.
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The 57-page strategy document focuses on six broad goals including preventing childhood obesity, enabling access to healthy food and promoting physical activity.
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Produced by South Africa’s The Open Medicine Project, the Department of Health app gives health care workers’ easy access to the country’s Primary Health Care Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List.
Catch the latest in health news from around the country in Health-e News’ new, weekly programme “Health Matters” on the Department of Health’s new channel the GoodLife Network on DSTV Channel 199.
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The Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020 is a costed plan to implement the first five years of the world’s “End TB Strategy,” which is a 20-year-plan to eradicate death, disease and suffering due to tuberculosis (TB) by 2035.
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Produced by the AIDS Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), this activists’ guide provides a framework for activists to address five key issues within the intersection of tuberculosis (TB) and human rights.
Despite KwaZulu-Natal’s relatively good access to contraception, uptake of birth control methods remains a challenge. The province’s 12-page strategy aims to increase awareness and uptake of contraception services, especially among young women.
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The latest UNAIDS report notes 15.8 million people were on antiretrovirals as of June and encourages more countries to heed the World Health’s Organisation’s call to roll out the “test and treat” approach.
The 41-page strategic framework focuses on five priority areas including the evidence-based revision of current policy and improved sexual and reproductive health and rights knowledge among adolescents and their caregivers.