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Only 15% of South Africans nationally have any form of medical aid, according the latest statistics released by StatsSA which were drawn from the 2004 General Household Survey.
Around 30 nurses and managers shared their insights, experiences and coping mechanisms amid the Aids epidemic. They were interviewed by Uta Lehman and Jabu Zulu of the School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape, in the latest issue of Critical Health Perspectives.
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Government this weekend placed the long-awaited National HIV and Syphilis Antenatal Sero-prevalence survey on its website without the usual fanfare and media releases. The survey, which is accepted as one of the best available estimates of HIV infection, reveals that almost 4 800 of the 16 000 women tested at local Government clinics in 2004 were HIV positive. Over 6-million South Africans were estimated to be living with HIV or AIDS.
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Newly crowned Miss Universe Natalie Glebova went on a whirlwind tour through South Africa and Swaziland in an attempt to personally see the devastation caused by the AIDS epidemic. She talks frankly about her ignorance around the epidemic having grown up in the protected surroundings of Canada.
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I don’t want to be perceived as violent, was 25-year old Pumlani Mzangwa’s simple explanation for why he took part in a men’s rally and march in Soweto last week, to lament the abuse of women and children.
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Deputy health minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge dispenses with pomp in favour of problem solving.
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In his short life of 23 years he has been molested, raised in an orphanage,gang-raped and contracted HIV. But Ishmael Ngozo refuses to be put down.
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South Africa’s second national AIDS conference draws to a close in Durban today. Kerry Cullinan reports on the highlights at the conference which drew a record number of delegates.
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A unique project in Diepkloof, Soweto, aims at addressing the silence that leads to the destruction of most men and their families.
While 42 000 people are on anti-retroviral drugs at government sites an estimated 650 000 people still need treatment. On the eve of the 2nd National Aids Conference, Health-e News Service assesses the state of government’s roll-out plan.
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The country’s biggest antiretroviral treatment centre have been convinced that the drugs work.
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A survey by loveLife shows that one in 10 young South Africans between age 15 and 24 is HIV-positive. Here, a cross-section of teenagers speak about HIV, their risk perception and attitudes towards sex.