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A review of available studies on Efavirenz has found no increased risk of overall birth defects among women exposed to the antiretroviral during the first trimester of pregnancy compared with exposure to other antiretroviral drugs. The results were published in the AIDS Journal and comes after the South African Government opted not to include the drug due to what specialists described a unfounded fears of birth defects.
Zuzimpilo, the low-cost HIV and AIDS treatment clinic in the heart of Johannesburg, has now added medical male circumcision to its services. This follows the Health Department’s approval of the procedure as part of the country’s HIV prevention arsenal.
National Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has told the World Health Assembly that he would apply basic interventions to reduce high mortality rates and ensure that the country meets the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Health-e print journalist and editor, Anso Thom and former television editor Anna-Maria Lombard have recently been awarded for their excellence in journalism.
Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has expressed concern that a year after it released the report No refuge, Access Denied the situation of refugees in South Africa remains dire and unacceptable.
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Almost half a million (419 144) children in South Africa are growing up without both parents, a Human Science Research Council study has revealed.
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Non-communicable Disease Summit to focus on long-term killer diseases that threaten economic development in low- and middle-income countries.
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UNICEF has welcomed finding from ‘The Health of Our Children’ HIV prevalence survey and called for better strategies to be developed to promote exclusive breast feeding.
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Following the initiation of legal proceedings, on 7 May 2010, the Companies Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO) has agreed to permit the AIDS Law Project (ALP) to reserve the name SECTION27, incorporating the AIDS Law Project.
Church leaders from eastern and southern Africa met in Johannesburg recently to discuss how the church can help mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS. The meeting suggested that the current strategy of HIV prevention is not sufficient to prevent new HIV infections.
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Health activists have warned against early introduction of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in the absence of evidence based scientific research.
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The number of Rift Valley Fever cases continues to rise with over 183 people confirmed to be infected with the virus throughout the country.