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Screening every inmate for TB, treating them upon diagnosis – coupled with improved cell ventilation and an urgent focus on alleviating overcrowding are the cornerstones of government’€™s plans to tackle this curable disease, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe told a group of Pollsmoor inmates yesterday (SUNDAY).
A historic breakthrough. That’€™s how key stakeholders in breast health in South Africa described a meeting with the Health ministry on March 21, Human Rights Day. By Sue Segar
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MSF and the TAC will picket at the World TB Day event in Cape Town tomorrow, but it has praised the health minister for strides made in some areas. Read their press release here.
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Imagine being diagnosed with cancer. And then imagine not being able to tell anyone about it out of fear that they might blame you, or reject you, or avoid you, thinking you might infect them with it too.
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The best way of cutting the number of cancer cases worldwide is to fight the tobacco industry’s tactics in developing countries and ensuring the best vaccines get to those most in need, according to a new report published in Science Translational Medicine.
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Exposure to second-hand smoke increases a person’€™s risk of developing early signs a heart disease.
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“Shame about her cancer stopped my sister from asking for help sooner,” a Khayalitsha woman, Monica, told the audience at a talk at the 17th Reach to Recovery International Breast Cancer Support Conference currently underway in Cape Town.
CAPE TOWN ‘€“ Late presentation by breast cancer patients in Africa remains the biggest challenge to reducing death rates, however if there is no accessible treatment there is no use in screening for cancer, experts told a meeting in Cape Town today.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Recent news reports across the world included the incredible information that a baby had been cured of HIV. Is this really true?
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MEDIA RELEASE: Mbabane, Swaziland ‘€“ Health leaders from Africa and international agencies gathered in Swaziland today to launch a fresh offensive against tuberculosis (TB), including TB among people living with HIV.
Government’s health facilities audit shows most staff fail to have “positive and caring attitude” towards patients
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MEDIA RELEASE: The University of the Witwatersrand has announced the formation of the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, (WRIM), strengthening research into one of Africa’€™s deadliest diseases.