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JOHANNESBURG:(PlusNews) – An academic dispute about whether concurrent sexual partnerships are really a major factor behind high rates of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa could affect the future of prevention programmes.
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will today sign the ‘real deal’ with nine provincial health MECs and eight ministers, giving South Africans a shot at ‘a long and healthy life’.
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JOHANNESBURG:(PlusNews) – As the debate heats up about whether or not multiple concurrent partnerships (MCPs) are major drivers of Africa’s HIV epidemics, IRIN/PlusNews takes a look at the evolution of the theory behind MCPs.
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Khayelitsha’s Nolungile Clinic yesterday celebrated the first patient to successfully complete the harrowing treatment for Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) TB, and be cured.
MAFIKENG ‘ North West province is in critical need of more doctors and an improved transfer system to transport those patients in rural areas who are in urgent need of healthcare to clinics and hospitals, civil society participants disclosed at a recent workshop in Mafikeng.
Western Cape residents agreed they would rush their province’s health care system to the emergency room, if they thought it would do any good.
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Lack of affordable and accessible transport is emerging as a major hindrance towards poorer South Africans accessing state health care, especially for those living in rural areas.
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Millions of Tuberculosis (TB) deaths will be averted if the billions of dollars required to develop faster diagnostics, improved treatment regimens and the development of a vaccine is made available by donors, according to the new plan released by World Health Organisation this week.
Art could help people understand those with psychiatric conditions better as they reflect on how they view their world in their art.
Overcoming stigma remains a challenge when involving communities in activities at psychiatric institutions, however there are some success stories. Lungi Langa of Health-e News Service spent a morning with the Friends of Valkenberg Trust.
OPINION:In the light of huge challenges faced by many low-income South Africans in accessing quality care, it is heartening to see the urgency with which the government is addressing key health sector issues. By Hein Van Eck.
OPINION: No country in the world has a perfect health system. But some countries have got it more right than others, and where countries have got it right, it is through the state being involved to some degree in regulating the system. by Mike Waters, MP.