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The deadline for comments on the health department’s Green Paper on National Health Insurance has been extended to the end of the year.
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Breast cancer is most common in women, but growing evidence shows that men are also at risk of developing this type of cancer. About 1% of South Africans diagnosed with breast cancer are men. Johan Basson of Johannesburg is part of this small, yet significant cohort.
PITTSBURGH, September 28, 2011 ‘ VOICE, an HIV prevention trial evaluating two antiretroviral (ARV)-based approaches for preventing the sexual transmission of HIV in women ‘ daily use of one of two different ARV tablets or of a vaginal gel ‘ will be dropping one of the oral tablets from the study. Read statement here.
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The announcement today that one arm of a large-scale HIV prevention trial known as VOICE will stop early is disappointing, but must be seen in context, according to the global advocacy organization AVAC.
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A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an oral tenofovir or vaginal gel containing antiretroviral drugs can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the study cannot show that the oral tenofovir is effective. Read the full statement here.
The story of Nozipho Mgoma, a brave single mother, and her battle against breast cancer.
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OPINION: Buried in the chapter on ‘Institutions and Governance’ of the National Planning Commission’s Diagnostic report is a short statement about the ‘important role’ played by civil society in South Africa.
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OPINION: The decade’s most important development in HIV science has gone largely unnoticed in the South African media. By Rebecca Hodes
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Gregg Gonsalves responds to an article by the Global Business Coalition for Health’s (GBCHealth)about the United Nations Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) conference held in New York last week.
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As the new health-e Tobacco Control and Cancer journalist, Lesley was surprised to find herself smoking in this posed pic. Here is the first of her blogs.
Two new reports have revealed the extent to which non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are affecting Africa, in particular, estimating economic losses of nearly U$500-billion a year.
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Now that the UN Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) conference has come to an end, delegates should remember that more than 1 billion people will die due to smoking cigarettes this century. Cigarettes are the only consumer product, that when used as intended, will kill half its consumers. See Press release by the African Tobacco Control Consortium (ATCC) and the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA)