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DURBAN – Less than 4% of babies born to HIV-positive mothers are infected at 4-8 weeks after birth, a study due to be presented this morning(THURS) at the 5th SA AIDS conference has shown.
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DURBAN – Despite under-reporting of deaths more than 80% of patients on antiretrovirals (ARVs) in South Africa are still alive five years into their treatment programme.
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DURBAN – South Africa is making real progress in shifting HIV treatment delivery to lower levels of health workers, enabling more patients to be reached.
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DURBAN ‘€“ The 5th South African AIDS conference kicked off last night with several role-players expressing relief over the establishment of a political environment more conducive to co-operation.
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DURBAN ‘€“ South Africa needs to formulate a truly strategic HIV/AIDS and TB plan rather than an unstrategic wish-list when writing the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2012-2016, Mark Heywood told delegates at the 5th South African AIDS Conference this week.
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DURBAN – Eleven years ago a brave and fragile figure stood on a huge stage at the World AIDS Conference in Durban and made an impassioned plea on behalf of people living with HIV.
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HIV Clinicians this week released a set of groundbreaking consensus guidelines for clinicians who assist HIV positive individual and couples wishing to fall pregnant.
Donor cuts and a shake-up in the HIV/AIDS sector are having a major impact on HIV/AIDS services countrywide.
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Since the discovery last year that a vaginal gel containing an antiretroviral called tenofovir can protect women from HIV, scientists have been working hard to support and fast-track the results.
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On the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS, the SA health department is ready to give antiretroviral medication to all those with CD4 counts of 350 and below.
The Khayelitsha programme was the first in South Africa to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) at primary care level in the public sector.
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OPINION: This week over 4 000 South Africans will meet in Durban at the bi-annual national AIDS conference.