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More South Africans are now testing to find out their HIV status according to the 2008 National HIV prevalence survey. But more creative ways to test for HIV are needed to encourage even more people to test.
The South African health system is in deep crisis. We need a major transformation of our health system and we need it now. By Di McIntyre
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Nicole Johnston meets an inspiring campaigner at the Oxfam-supported Global Citizen’€™s Summit on HIV/AIDS.
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YAMBIO: (PlusNews) – Healthcare workers in Yambio, capital of Sudan’s Western Equatoria State, have warned that the number of HIV-positive people receiving treatment has risen, and they cannot keep up with the demand for medication.
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MBABANE: (PlusNews) – A new campaign in the tiny kingdom of Swaziland is looking to get couples to get tested for HIV together. They are calling it the “Love Test” – an act by two intimate partners showing their devotion to each other.
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KISUMU:(PlusNews) – Lillian Awiti*, 19, from Kisumu, on Lake Victoria in western Kenya, began her pregnancy optimistically, but soon stopped going for antenatal check-ups after a nurse at her local clinic insulted her.
KwaZulu-Natal premier and chair of the ANC’s health and education committee Dr Zweli Mkhize responds to the NHI debate in this piece which was published on Sunday and also appears in the party’s newsletter.
Mental conditions and illnesses manifest themselves in different and complicated ways. One of them is the mysterious Autism, a developmental disorder that strikes from a young age.
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NAIROBI: (PlusNews) – Food aid and plastic sheeting are the hallmarks of every disaster, but not always condoms and antiretrovirals, even though humanitarian agencies recognize the link between emergencies and the increased risk of HIV and AIDS.
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi for the first time shared some of his thoughts on the National Health Insurance plan.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – The routine offer of an HIV test to children admitted to a hospital in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, resulted in more than 3,000 being diagnosed with the virus over an 18-month period.
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CHIMOIO, 10 June 2009 (PlusNews) – Carlito, just nine years old, is sitting at the edge of a sandy field in Chimoio, in the central province of Manica, Mozambique, where he and his friends play soccer, putting the finishing touches to an unusual ball to play the beautiful game.