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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – While a number of countries in southern Africa have made great strides in improving access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV-infected adults, progress in rolling out treatment for HIV-positive infants and children has lagged behind. Namibia is a notable exception.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – A Johannesburg high school recently did something that for years has only been whispered behind closed doors in education circles ‘ voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV was offered to students.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – More South Africans could access HIV treatment earlier if government approves recommendations by the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), a move that could finally align national policy with international best practice.
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The case of a 44 year man old suspected to have died of swine flu in KwaZulu-Natal cannot be conclusively attributed to the virus, according to a National Department of Health statement.
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Sicelo Shiceka this week stuck to his controversial statements that ‘herbs’ have an important role to play in ‘bringing down the viral load in HIV/AIDS’.
Faghmeda Miller has received several accolades, including Femina magazine’s ‘Women of Courage’ Award for her role in fighting discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS. But as we catch up with her on the eve of Women’s Day, we discover a heroine that thinks very little about the accolades she has won.
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South African health care workers have been warned against over prescribing Tamiflu ‘one of the only antiviral drugs known to treat swine flu.
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Wednesday, 5 August 2009 While the number of people being diagnosed with ‘swine flu’ continues to rise steadily around the globe and in South Africa, Dr Pete Vincent of Netcare Travel Clinics maintains that there is still no need to panic as most people who contract this H1N1 virus recover fairly quickly.
Nutritional experts say it’s untrue that all dietary fats are bad. This was one of the topics of discussion at a recent conference of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS), in Johannesburg.
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A 22-year-old University of Stellenbosch student has become South Africa’s first confirmed swine flu (H1N1) fatality.
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Dr Nono Simelela, former head of the South Africa’s AIDS programme, is returning to head up the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC).
In another opinion article on National Health Insurance, Marthie Momberg warns that cynical remarks in the media and outright aggressive language by officials represent a perpetuation of power-play and oppression by people who consider themselves as the vanguard of the new order of liberty.