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Children’€™s rights organisations and other civil society groups have urged the Health Department to stop its plans to go to schools to test learners for HIV.
The African National Congress has released more detail on the much anticipated National Health Insurance scheme. According to a press release the plan will kick off in the rural areas and will be staggered over three phases starting in 2012. The press release read by the ANC’s health committee chair Zweli Mkhize is available here.
Leaders need more creative plans to increase funding to reduce child malnutrition and AIDS, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
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A Cape Town family share their distressing journey of trying to find help for their heroin addicted daughter. Lungi Langa spoke to them.
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Recent preliminary results of the microbicide gel, Tenofovir, which showed that it can protect women from HIV infection by about 39%, have sparked concern that people might be less cautious about the use of condoms. Communities say condoms are already being used sparingly.
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The rooms all look relatively similar: A single bed, a rug, a nightstand and a few personal touches like flowers or framed pictures.
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Over 50-million people will be infected with TB between now and 2015 in the absence of funding and political commitment, the Stop TB partnership has warned.
Amnesty International has accused governments failing to make a concerted effort to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of abusing the human rights of the poorest in society.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has urged governments and donors to pour money for HIV services into the Global Fund or risk a global emergency for AIDS funding. This comes on the eve of the third Voluntary Replenishment Conference which will be hosted by the Global Fund next month. Click here to view page.
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Twenty two eminent HIV/AIDS doctors and activists have condemned a recent clinical trial for delaying the antiretroviral treatment of people with CD4 counts below 200 until they had finished their TB treatment, saying that it compromised their care.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has urged governments and donors to pour money for HIV services into the Global Fund or risk a global emergency for AIDS funding.
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Cancer is one of the biggest killers in the world and even more so in Africa where patients have little or no access to preventative screening or treatment. Doug Ulman, President and CEO of LIVESTRONG recently spoke to Health-e News Service.