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Over four million people were receiving AIDS treatment in low and middle-income countries by the end of last year – a significant increase from five years ago. But although access to treatment has improved, five million more people had still not received ARVs in 2008.
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Less than half of adults and children needing antiretroviral treatment (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa – where two-thirds of all global HIV infections occur – are receiving it. This is despite the region showing the greatest gains worldwide in terms of access to the lifesaving drugs.
Six provinces may run out of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs as a result of a financial shortfall experienced by the Department of Health totalling one billion rand.
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With the economy in a recession, fears abound that government funding of major health programmes, including HIV/AIDS, could diminish. But the country cannot afford to let its citizens go without much-needed treatment, warns the head of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC).
A 25 year-old Johannesburg man shares his story of growing up with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how he overcame the challenges associated with the condition, turning his life into a success story.
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An HIV activist since testing HIV positive eleven years ago Pholokgolo Ramothwala has written an open letter urging all those living with the disease to assist in reducing stigma and the number of new infections.
Health department Director General Thami Mseleku, a destructive leftover from former health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’€™s reign, will leave the end of the month, with the Western Cape’€™s Director-General for Health Professor Craig Househam set to step in.
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The Red Cross Children’€™s Hospital has once again placed itself at the forefront of excellent specialist care for children with the opening of a high-tech surgical centre consisting of eight theatres.
Dr Nono Simelela, newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer of the South African National AIDS Council, promises to improve the way in which SANAC will function in the future.
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In the coming weeks, results will be released from an AIDS vaccine phase III trial in Thailand. This test-of-concept trial is the largest AIDS vaccine trial ever conducted and will focus on whether there was any evidence of vaccine impact on HIV infection and/or viral load.
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Researchers have made what could be a significant discovery in the long-term search for an AIDS vaccine, identifying two new broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV (bNAbs for short) that reveal what may be an Achilles heel on the virus.
More infants could be born free from HIV in South Africa. This follows the recent introduction of the National Plan for Acceleration of the Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission programme, or PMTCT A-Plan.