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CAPE TOWN – Scientists have renewed the call for more immediate and urgent effort to be directed towards HIV prevention amid the dominance of treatment interventions and the world-wide search for a quick fix vaccine, which many agree, is years away.
Health-e is very proud to announce that our television producer, Anna-Maria Lombard, has won the CNN African Journalist of the Year 2009 Award for HIV/AIDS reporting.
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CAPE TOWN – Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe took a massive stride last night (19 May) towards re-establishing the South African government’s credibility in the eyes of the world’s AIDS scientists at the opening of the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009).
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.