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The KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC recently hosted a bizarre “HIV information workshop” attended by AIDS denialists and opponents of antiretroviral therapy. The health minister was the keynote speaker.
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The failure of several clinical trials to find an effective HIV prevention mechanism has prompted the Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, to call for a review of research trials.
Dr Malcolm Naude, a former Mpumalanga doctor is back in court to force the government to settle a case dating back to 2001. He charges that the withdrawal of his offer of employment by Mpumalanga’€™s Rob Ferreira Hospital, was unfair and discriminatory.
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In a rare study of mortality before and after ARVs, researchers find a drop in deaths of 10 percent.
OPINION: The writing is on the wall for UNAIDS.
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Anti-malaria drugs in six African cities fail basic quality tests
Health MEC’s “racist” tilt at doctors gets reported to the ANC and Human Rights Commission.
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In spite of its middle income status, South Africa is high up with 10 of the 68 worst performing countries in making progress towards reaching the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) that relates to reducing child deaths by 2015.
An audit of deaths of children under the age of five in the South African health care system shows that many of these deaths can be avoided.
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Despite attempts by both the government and other sectors to encourage testing for HIV, most South African men are still not willing to get tested. We spoke to some of the nation’€™s men’€™s organizations to get more insight on this.
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Health experts have warned of a possible increase of cervical cancer among HIV-positive women if nothing is done to prevent the Human Papilloma Virus, which causes this form of cancer.
The strive to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is not a race where success is based on the position one holds in relation to other competitors, Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has told the Countdown to 2015 conference underway in Cape Town.