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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – In at least five African countries, scarce resources are being spent on national HIV prevention campaigns that do not reach the people most at risk of infection, new research has found.
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JOHANNESBURG: (IRIN) – Proposals to decriminalize sex work in South Africa have been moved back to the front burner after the newly installed premier of the country’s richest province, Gauteng, remarked that the issue should be addressed “objectively and with an open mind”. A review of the current legislation is underway.
Health-e will for the next few weeks publish opinion pieces from various stakeholders and experts on National Health Insurance. Anso Thom sets the scene with the first contribution with Dr Jonathan Broomberg, Discovery Health’s head of strategy and risk management.
Doctors are deeply divided on how to confront Government on their dissatisfaction regarding the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD), which aims among others, to improve their pay.
Research suggests that the practice of people having more than one sexual partner is a major driver in spreading the HIV epidemic. We spoke to one man who is constantly seeking satisfaction from outside his marriage.
The sexual dissatisfaction of married men has led to some of them having extra marital affairs. This kind of practice is known to be a major contributor in the rising number of HIV infections.
The inability of the government to offer doctors proper salaries in the Occupational Specific Dispensation that is currently debated, could lead to the collapse of the health system nationally, as doctors threaten to embark on a strike.
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Between 5% – 15% of the South African population has ever tested for HIV. This is despite the fact that testing services are widely available in the public health sector. A recent pilot study in KwaZulu-Natal has shown that South Africans would rather test themselves than go to a clinic.
Health activists are mobilizing against the appointment of former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang as mentor and African Union Goodwill Ambassador on maternal, infant and child health.
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NAIROBI: (PlusNews) – A disappointing allocation for global AIDS programmes in the United States budgetmeans African governments will have to step up their own funding, say activists.
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GARISSA: (PlusNews) – In 2002, one bus per day connected Garissa, in Kenya’s North-Eastern Province, with the capital, Nairobi, and not a single case of HIV had been reported in the region.
Introducing himself to the media last week, new Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, acknowledged that public sector health professionals, including doctors, are under-paid.