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Although he could have worked almost anywhere, the late Dr Thabo Mnisi chose to go back to Alexandra on his return from exile
Medical aid schemes and private hospitals have come under fire from the Health Minister for charging high fees.
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Sex and sexual violence are common in the South African male prison community. Yet efforts aimed at reducing the violence and addressing HIV prevention are lacking.
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Despite long-running AIDS awareness campaigns by the government, non-governmental organizations and other civil society groupings, a great number of people still prefer to die a silent death than to go for an HIV test.
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The manner in which some men conduct themselves in relationship matters has led to questions being asked, such as: What does it really mean to be a man? Their actions have resulted in many women using words like unfaithful, abusive, sexually reckless and immoral to describe the male species in general. A Johannesburg varsity lecturer has made this question a subject of research.
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A new therapeutic AIDS vaccine trial designed to slow progression to full-blown AIDS is underway.
Marie Stopes has been a granted an interim order allowing it to continue offering termination of pregnancy services in the Western Cape until a dispute with the Western Cape health department comes before the court in February next year.
The Cape High Court will today hear an urgent application by Marie Stopes clinics alleging that the actions of the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health have put women’s right to access terminations of pregnancy under threat.
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Lack of exposure to information, beliefs deeply rooted in tradition as well as poverty make community mobilisation around HIV and AIDS in rural Tzaneen a difficult task.
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Over 600 participants have been enrolled into the HVTN 503 vaccine trial, said to be the ‘largest AIDS vaccine trial’ to be ever conducted on the continent.
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The ‘grandfather’ of AIDS, Reuben Sher passed away on Monday morning following post surgery complications.
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‘You need to come. We are drowning in orphans,’ read the e-mail to Health-e News Service from Sally Duigan, head of the Tzaneen Diocese’s response to HIV/AIDS for many years.