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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.
Cape Town ‘€“ Zero HIV infection rates will never be achieved unless tackling gender-based violence is part of addressing the epidemic, an expert told HIV specialists, researchers and nurses, meeting at the first Southern African HIV Clinicians Society conference.
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PRESS RELEASE:Bedaquiline is an anti-tuberculosis drug that is still being tested in clinical trials. It is not yet approved anywhere in the world, though it is steadily making progress towards approval in Europe and the United States.
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Phamaceutical drug manufacturer, Novartis South Africa, has taken steps to make an important drug in the treatment of a rare type of leukaemia called chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML), more accessible to patients who need it.
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Nearly half of all smoking parents light up while driving with their children. This is according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics.
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Lusikisiki ‘€“ Advocacy drives by civil society organisations such as the Treatment Action Campaign are bringing about positive change in this Eastern Cape community.
Bethlehem ‘€“ The Dihlabeng Regional Hospital (DRH) Pharmacy in Bethlehem, in the Free State, was lauded at the 10th Annual National Centre for Public Service Innovation Awards that recently took place at Emperor’s Palace Casino in Johannesburg.
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Vhembe – Health care workers in Vhembe this week breathed a sigh of relief after medicine stocks were replenished. Two weeks ago OurHealth reported that two clinics in this area of Limpopo faced major medicine shortages.
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Across the world and more recently in South Africa, the tobacco industry and its allies continuously push to weaken or repeal smoke-free laws. Two common tactics used to weaken laws are to allow business to create designated smoking rooms or areas, or to build complex and expensive ventilation systems.
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Mpophomeni ‘€“ In 2000 the Ethembeni Care Centre was established by Dr Rouen Bruni who, along with about 10 home-based caregivers, provided medical assistance to people in the community, distributed food parcels and also comforted patients through prayer.