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The Lancet: Feb 4 was World Cancer Day, an opportunity to critically consider progress against cancer. Is it fair to say that the cancer medical community has failed patients living with cancer? This is a harsh statement, but according to respected oncologist, Franco Cavalli, whose Comment leads a discussion about cancer in today’s Lancet: “Current strategies to control cancer are demonstrably not working.”
Media Release: Sonke Gender Justice joins the growing number of South Africans expressing shock and outrage over the horrific gang rape, mutilation, and murder of 17-year old Anene Booysen. ‘We send our condolences to her family and to the Bredasdorp community, and call on the authorities to investigate this crime and ensure that the perpetrators are punished to the full extent of the law,’ says Sonke’s chairperson Sisonke Msimang.
VHEMBE. ‘ The district municipality in this northern region of Limpopo recently raised concern about the high incidence of malaria in the area.
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VHEMBE. ‘ A shortage of important medicines at the Tshiombo Clinic in this Limpopo district is posing a serious health risk to the local community.
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BETHLEHEM. – Lovelife, the HIV prevention initiative for young people, recently trained 85 new Community Groundbreakers for 2013 in the Free State. The training, held at the Thaba Nchu, Black Mountain Hotel in the Free State, began on 22 January and ended on 1 February.
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Older smokers and former heavy smokers should consider low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans to screen for lung cancer.
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A massive population-based study launched in the Western Cape and Zambia yesterday is aiming to answer the critical question whether testing large populations for HIV and immediately starting those infected on effective antiretroviral treatment programmes, could close the tap on new infections.
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Heterosexual couples in long-term relationships who have sexual encounters outside their established partnership (extra-couple relationships) are one of the main drivers of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, according to new research published in The Lancet journal.
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Vhembe. ‘ At just three-months-old, a boy from Mabila village in Limpopo lost both his parents to AIDS-related illnesses. Along with three other siblings he now lives with his grandmother.
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CAPE TOWN – Cancer survivors gathered in central Cape Town yesterday to protest and raise awareness of the challenges faced by patients in South Africa, saying they are fed up with among others broken radiation machines and poor treatment access.
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CAPE TOWN – A critical anti-tuberculosis (TB) candidate vaccine tried in infants, has failed in trials. The MVA85A vaccine candidate was found to be safe and well tolerated, but ineffective in combination with the Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG), the currently used TB vaccine.
Vhembe. ‘ Grannies from the Mufulwi village in Limpopo are playing soccer to keep fit. This group of women aged between 50 and 75 years call themselves “Nyonyoloso ya vhaaluwa”, which means ‘excercise for elders’.