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CAPE TOWN ‘ The world’s foremost AIDS scientists last night (Sunday) accused the G8 countries of ‘astonishing delinquency’, being ‘crazy’ and ‘not just pathetic, but criminal’ by failing at their recent meeting in Italy to renew their 2005 Gleneagles commitment to the universal treatment of HIV.
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AIDS needs to removed from isolation and become an entry point to transforming society, attaining the Millennium Development Goals, uplifting health systems and ultimately making better health and development outcomes a reality.
A high level World Health Organisation (WHO) delegation has given South Africa’s tuberculosis (TB) programme cautious thumbs up pointing out that the critical integration of TB and HIV services were not satisfactory and that infection control at health facilities was lacking.
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In my younger days, decades upon decades ago, we were consumed by the threat of nuclear annihilation. The forces of darkness, East and West, seemed in the ascendance. The Doomsday clock inched its way to midnight.
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CAPE TOWN – While universal access to antiretroviral treatment remains a dream for millions of poor people living with HIV, scientists speaking at the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009) are discussing the benefits of these drugs as an effective prevention intervention.
Edendale Hospital’s crisis-wracked HIV treatment programme is getting a massive staff boost to help it cope with the huge community demand for antiretroviral medication.
The Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa this week sent an open letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan outlining their concerns about the current OSD offer.
An international organisation is going to help get Edendale’s antiretroviral programme back on its feet, now that the district manager that refused its offers of help has been removed.
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A small study published in the latest Annals of Internal Medicine has shown that progressively increasing the dose of Efavirenz during the first two weeks of treatment can reduce side effects experienced by HIV patients who take the drug daily.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – Poor ventilation, overcrowding and HIV co-infection make prison an ideal breeding-ground for tuberculosis (TB), but a new study will be among the first in South Africa to quantify TB among inmates and personnel.
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DAKAR: (IRIN) – Military forces from 20 countries in West and Central Africa have launched a regional HIV network to share information on combating HIV within their ranks and communities, following the example of other military-led efforts to fight the spread of HIV.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – Sexual abuse is widespread in South Africa’s prisons, but the provision of health services to this vulnerable population remains problematic.