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Welcome to CAPETOWN ‘ the seat of a government that for many years confused it’s people about the best ways for treating HIV. Vitamins, olive oil, lemon and beetroot, and a number of traditional therapies were promoted over scientifically proven life-prolonging anti-retroviral treatment.
There is still no known cure for AIDS. Antiretroviral medication remains the only way to treat and manage the condition if one’s CD 4 cell count, which measures how strong a person’s immune system is, drops to below 200. But many continue to deceive those living with HIV, claiming that they can cure them of AIDS. In South Africa, some traditional healers claim that they can cure AIDS. But is there any substance in these claims?
A condom shortage and a province running out of money for health services are two of challenges the new Health Minister has been dealing with lately to avoid a huge embarrassment before World AIDS Day on Monday.
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HIV could theoretically be eliminated if all people were tested each year and given antiretrovirals straight away if they tested positive, regardless of whether they were sick, World Health Organisation researchers have proposed.
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NIGERIA -(PlusNews) – Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and having witnesses and wedding rings present: many Christian churches also require an HIV test certificate.
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NAIROBI-(PlusNews) – At the gates of one of Kenya’s export processing zones (EPZs) men and women push and shove each other, trying to get their national identity cards taken by the guards.
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MOZAMBIQUE -(PlusNews) – When Mariana Uchandidhora’s husband was killed in a traffic accident in South Africa a year ago, tradition required that she have sex with her deceased husband’s brother in order to be purified.
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ZIMBABWE,(PlusNews)- Memory Motsi* rents a room in Chitungwiza, about 20km from the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. She wakes up at five in the morning to get to work on time at the school where she teaches Grade 5 in Hatfield, a suburb in the city, because the poor salaries in education sector, totally outpaced by hyperinflation, mean she can no longer afford the bus fare to and from work.
The KwaZulu-Natal health department has ordered the withdrawal of two Nestle formula feed products following concerns over melamine contamination. However, Nestle has said their products are absolutely safe for consumption.
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KENYA – (PlusNews) – HIV-positive prisoners in Kenya not only suffer isolation from friends and family, but also within the prison walls.
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‘Bring me people sick with AIDS who can’t walk’, urges the poster stuck onto Durban bus shelters, with a cellphone number attached. The number leads to a man who called himself ‘Dr Mama Grace’ who operates from a small building on Grey Street in downtown Durban.
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Ceragem is a Korean massage bed registered by the American Food and Drug Administration in the US for the treatment of minor aches and pains in arthritis ‘ but in South Africa it is being touted as an AIDS cure.