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A TB Unit at one of South Africa’s busiest hospitals is at the forefront of showing why this disease which is killing thousands of South Africans, is curable.
Durban healthworkers who treat patients with drug-resistant TB should be given special incentives such as ‘danger pay’.
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OPINION:Nathan Geffen’s book Debunking Delusions reminds us what can go wrong when AIDS denialists are given the time of day. The book also documents clearly how we can fight denialism in a manner that saves lives and respects science. What is clear given the resurgence of AIDS denialist propaganda is that now is not the time to sit back.
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MSF, TAC, City of Cape Town, and Western Cape Province Department of Health show decentralised integrated TB/HIV care results in improved outcomes.
TB has permanently altered the lives of a number of health workers, who are six times more likely to get drug-resistant TB than the general public.
Cases of Rift Valley Fever continue to rise with The National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD) confirming up to 39 human infections and 2 deaths.
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In some areas of the world, one in four people with tuberculosis (TB) becomes ill with a resistant form of the disease that can no longer be treated with standard drug regimens, a World Health Organization (WHO) report says.
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Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says there is a need for a road map for food and security in order to identify the various factors associated with over and under nutrition in South African households. Download speech here.
Within a few days, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, will launch a massive campaign aimed at encouraging millions of South Africans to test for HIV. The campaign will precede the implementation of new treatment protocols for AIDS and TB on April 1.
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From April 15, everyone attending a clinic or hospital will be offered an HIV test, regardless of whether they have symptoms of the disease or not.
Former Medicines Control Council (MCC) registrar Precious Matsoso has emerged at the front runner for one of government’s toughest jobs ‘ Director General in the National Department of Health.
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Johannesburg, A much needed cancer treatment centre that offers fully inclusive oncology services to the people of the East Rand was officially opened at the Netcare Clinton Hospital in Alberton yesterday.