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The country has made substantial progress in the fight against HIV, but there are still many holes in the system – particularly around TB treatment.
Bethlehem ‘ Poor service by the Free State Emergency Services (EMS) have negatively impacted the lives of several patients.
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A tiny trickle of sweat dribbles across her forehead, her braids bouncing and glistening in the early morning sun, her gaze fixed, the earphones firmly in her ears. It’s hard not to notice Vuyiseka Dubula as she strides along the Sea Point promenade in her bright orange bib, ‘HIV Positive’ proclaimed in huge, fat black letters across her chest.
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence clubs, already operating in several high burden areas in Cape Town, have the potential to revolutionise the treatment of millions of HIV-positive South Africans and lighten the load on overburdened health workers.
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Umgungundlovu ‘ A centre for children with special needs is being developed at the Qhamukile Primary School in the Umgungundlovu district of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Smoking harms the brain by damaging learning, memory and reasoning, a new study published in the journal Age and Ageing says.
Government took a major step towards improving HIV treatment compliance and cost with the announcement that the new antiretroviral (ARV) tender will include a triple fixed dose combination (FDC) tablet, which combines three pills into one.
A number of organisations have expressed deep concern over the crisis in the Eastern Cape where patients are running out of lifesaving medication.
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At the opening of the SA HIV Clinicians Society there was an excellent debate on the stavudine (also known as d4T) 20mg trial. Francois Venter argued for and Eric Goemaere against. Dozens of Treatment Action Campaign members demonstrated against the trial and participated in the debate.
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UMGUNGUNDLOVU. – Thabile* is a 19-year-old mother of two who gave birth to an HIV positive baby, Andiwe, two months ago.
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CAPE TOWN – Tuberculosis transmission rates in South Africa and more specifically Cape Town have not changed at all over the past 100 years, even though people are living longer and being cured because of treatment. Many are cured, only to be infected again.
CAPE TOWN – After 30 years of HIV disease it is more important to deal with the costs of the medicines and how to sustain access to it, rather than treatment outcomes, according to an HIV specialist.