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MEXICO CITY — Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has appealed to all South Africans attending the 17th International AIDS Conference to come home and make HIV prevention work.
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After a series of failed AIDS vaccines, there is hope that ARVs taken before potentially risky sex, could protect those who don’t have HIV.
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Given a hero’s welcome at the international AIDS conference, Bill Clinton revealed that genetic changes in Africans had opened them up to HIV
The public health sector has come under criticism over poor services and the failure to implement government policies effectively.
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African leaders need to take joint responsibility for HIV/AIDS, says former president of Botswana
Over 22 000 of the world’s key HIV/AIDS scientists, academics and activists descend on Mexico City this Sunday (3 August) for the start of the 17th international AIDS conference.
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The Department of Health is expected to change its guidelines on AIDS treatment to allow people with a CD4 cell count higher than 200 to qualify for antiretroviral therapy.
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The Joint United Nations’ Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) annual report shows that the global HIV epidemic is either slightly stabilising or decreasing. The stabilising epidemic has also been noted in South Africa which has the world’s largest HIV epidemic with 5.7 million infections.
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South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world with an estimated 5,7-million people living with HIV in 2007.
The Department of Health is reviewing its guidelines for antiretroviral treatment, and at the heart of discussions is whether people should be able to start taking medication sooner.
The Department of Health may allow people living with HIV to get antiretroviral drugs earlier than at present.
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Nineteen of the world’s foremost health and human rights experts have condemned health department Director General Thami Mseleku’s recent comment that ‘human rights are not relevant to the considerations of health policy in a developmental state’.