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A string of disappointing scientific research results on the HIV prevention front suggests that alternative methods of prevention, besides the condom and femidom, are not on the immediate horizon. What are the implications of this?
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Cape Town’s executive director of health Dr Ivan Toms died of meningococcal meningitis.
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With a poor control programme, the development of drug-resistant bacilli, no new drugs to treat it and an increasing HIV case load, South Africa is facing the worst TB epidemic in decades.
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The outbreak of Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB) in Tugela Ferry in the Msinga area of KwaZulu-Natal in 2006, marked a turning point in the fight against TB.
Stunned friends have remembered Ivan Toms as a a larger than life character who had tremendous energy and huge passion for the country he loved and served.
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The tall man in the wheelchair folds the nursing sister’s hand in his and shakes it enthusiastically. ‘Thank you my little sister, thank you. God bless you, my sister. Thank you for everything you have done.’
Your life – including work, studies and family – could be seriously disrupted if you develop drug-resistant tuberculosis. That’s why it’s important to complete the six month course of medication if you’re diagnosed with the primary form of TB. Taking your medication will cure you, protecting yourself and others.
HIV/AIDS accounts for many child deaths in South Africa – about two thirds of children in public health facilities. It’s also a leading cause of death among new mothers. This is according to a report published recently, called ‘Every Death Counts’.
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In just less than a month after the disappointing Carraguard microbicide results, a study using a genital herpes drug, Acyclovir, has proved that it does not reduce the risk of HIV infection among people with Herpes Simplex Virus-2.
Every day in South Africa, 260 mothers, babies and children below the age of five die. These are signs of an ailing health system, says report.
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Results of an international study testing whether Acyclovir, a pill used for the treatment of genital herpes, can reduce HIV risk, show that the intervention is not effective in preventing HIV infection.
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Statistics show that cervical cancer kills more women than any other form of cancer in South Africa. Yet fewer women go for a regular pap smear test to check for the development of the cancer.