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South Africa’s Aids epidemic, one of the largest in the world, shows no sign of relenting, while infection levels continue to drop in Uganda and now also in parts of Kenya and Zimbabwe, according the UNAIDS Aids Epidemic Update.
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The Harriet Shezi clinic, a specialist children’s unit for HIV and AIDS treatment at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, had good reason to throw a party this last weekend. The centre now has almost one thousand children on treatment.
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A new study in the community of Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg is investigating whether Acyclovir, a medicine used to treat a sexually transmitted infection, Herpes Simplex Virus-2 (HSV-2) has an impact on HIV transmission rates from infected individuals to their uninfected partners.
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The Treatment Action Campaign this week released a statement and fact sheet in which it explains why it holds Matthias Rath responsible for several deaths of HIV infected individuals.
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The medical needs of children living with HIV and AIDS often go neglected. Tapologo, a Catholic initiative working in the rural and informal settlements on the outskirts of Rustenburg, strives to strike a balance between caring for adults and children.
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Ombudsman finds grounds that Rath Foundation spokesperson Anthony Brink intimidated Health-e. Read his ruling below, on Brink’s complaint about an article published in the Mail & Guardian about his criticism of female HIV/AIDS reporters
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The HIV/AIDS programme initiated by Medicins sans Frontieres in Lusikisiki is well on its way to reaching everyone in the sub-district that needs treatment.
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Two HIV-positive women presented to the media in June by the Dr Rath Health Foundation as examples of how its vitamins can reverse Aids have admitted that they were on antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs all along.
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The University of Limpopo’s medical faculty, Medunsa campus, this week revealed that it received an application for a clinical study in HIV patients using vitamin seller Dr Matthias Rath’s products. But, the chairperson of the unit’s research ethics committee, Professor Wim du Plooy, says the trial was not approved.
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The Constitutional Court last week upheld the pricing regulations scheme issued in terms of the Medicines Act, but declared the key contested provisions ‘ those dealing with pharmacists’ dispensing fees ‘ invalid and sent it back to the Pricing Committee to be redrafted. Read an abbreviated version of the judgement here.
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Read the letter 199 health professionals signed and sent to Western Cape Health minister Pierre Uys, demanding an end to the actions of Matthias Rath and his foundation, which they said are endangering people’s lives.
The health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, denied in Parliament that she ever said that traditional medicines, nutrition and vitamins should be offered as an alternative to antiretrovirals. Health-e, spoke to the health department’s Director-General Thami Mseleku, and asked him what point the Minister seeks to make when she talks about AIDS treatment.