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ARV tendering process needs to be transparent and fair

SECTION27 has called for transparency and fairness in this year’€™s Antiretroviral (ARV) tendering process as invitations for bidders are soon to be announced.

Ubhejane is not registered

The Department of Health has stated that Ubhejane is not registered as a medicine. The MCC has not yet publicly responded to the article.

As football fever spreads, let’€™s stop the spread of HIV

As football fans from around the world arrive in South Africa to cheer on their favourite team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we must not lose sight of one unwelcome guest’€”HIV. By Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director

World Soccer’€™s Hidden HIV/AIDS Epidemic and the 2010 World Cup

OPINION: “I’ve written this article to argue that FIFA, as the world’s football authority, has an ethical responsibility for social action, in fact, it owes the soccer-playing world – effectively all of humanity – a massive sustainable and measurably successful longitudinal social project starting from THIS World Cup, a moral imperative on which millions of lives will hang in the balance. By Richard Witzig

Greater strides needed to reduce maternal and child mortality

President Jacob Zuma has declared that African leaders aimed to deliver on their commitments to allocate 15% of their budgets to health care and to allocate an amount for maternal, newborn and child health care.

World leaders are called upon to take action against AIDS funding crisis

A statement by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World released at a press conference in Toronto, June 22, 2010.

Controversial plastic clamp used to circumcise men

KwaZulu-Natal’€™s health department is using a plastic device in its mass male circumcision drive that speeds up the procedure but has significant side-effects in adult men.

Lifeskills from the ‘€˜beautiful game’€™

The average school kid tends roll their eyes when HIV is mentioned, yet thousands of pupils in Edendale have been learning valuable life skills while learning to play soccer.

Global award for m2m

Dr Mitch Besser, founder and medical director of the Cape Town based programme, mothers2mothers, (m2m) has received the 2010 Award for Best Practices in Global Health for initiatives to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV and provide care to women living with HIV.

Abused women at a higher risk of HIV

Women in abusive relationships have a higher risk of being infected with HIV, a South African Medical Research Council study has found.

HIV activists march on US

HIV activists have accused the United States and European governments of betraying their commitments to assist poorer nations fund treatment for those needing HIV treatment.

Cancer and sexuality in women: let the juiciness begin

This month Dr Eve argues that the rights, needs of the patients need to come first, that all information must be evidence based and that all health care providers must work in an integrated multidisciplinary manner.

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