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In South Africa, cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. It kills about 3 400 women every year. The good news is that cervical cancer is preventable and curable if detected early.
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DAR-ES-SALAAM ‘€“ While several African countries are making progress in implementing smokefree laws, nearly 90 percent of people on the continent remain without meaningful protection from secondhand smoke.
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Pat McKenny never considered having a pap smear, in fact the thought of cervical cancer simply never crossed the mother of three’€™s mind.
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Years of working as a professional nurse have convinced Seobi Matube that having more than one sexual partner is a sure way of getting HIV.
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People with albinism are advised to protect themselves from the sun as they are at most risk of developing skin cancer.
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One in 27 women is diagnosed with breast cancer every year in South Africa. Women are advised to follow a simple precautionary procedure in order to detect the cancerous growth early.
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South Africa’€™s first bio-bank, a cold storage facility where samples from HIV clinical trials and other diseases can be stored for years to support future medical research, was launched in Johannesburg, recently.
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has announced his 25-person team which will advise him on the National Health Insurance plan crafted by the ANC. The team includes among others academics, pharmacists, researchers and the private healthcare industry. Chair of the ANC’s NHI task team Dr Olive Shisana will also chair Motsoaledi’s committee.
Anthony Mbewu, the current President of the Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC), has been appointed the Executive Director of the Swiss-based Global Forum for Health Research (GFHR). Is this an appropriate appointment? By Nathan Geffen.
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A retreat from international funding commitments for AIDS threatens to undermine the dramatic gains made in reducing AIDS-related illness and death in recent years, according to a new report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).The MSF report highlights how expanding access to HIV treatment has not only saved the lives of people with AIDS but has been central to reducing overall mortality in a number of high HIV burden countries in southern Africa in recent years.
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One of the organisers of the upcoming AORTIC conference and a leading expert on cervical cancer Professor Lynette Denny shares her thoughts on the cancer burden in Africa and what can be done to change the gloomy picture.
Read the story of Eunice Sanders, a young South African who relates her story of battling breast cancer.