Health e News
- ///Health
South Africa ushered in a milestone event in the history of HIV/AIDS this week when the first of two human clinical trials of an HIV vaccine started in Durban and Johannesburg. Recent studies have shown that the efficacy of a vaccine can vary between men and women and so there has been a special effort to enrol equal numbers of both sexes for the trials.
A new study has found that prolonged shift-work might be bad for your health. Health-e News investigates. By Adele Hamilton.
- ///Health
The 2002 Nelson Mandela Foundation/HSRC study shows that most South Africans take HIV more seriously once they know someone who has died of an AIDS related illness. Health-e canvassed the views of some youths and found that they agreed.
- ///Health
Despite being a vaccine-preventable death, 745 000 children under five are killed each year by measles ‘€“ 2 000 every day ‘€“ and at least half are in Africa. Unicef and the World Health Organisation have targeted 45 countries in the hope of halving the deaths by 2005.
- ///News
Projections in the Africa Journal of AIDS Research show that HIV incidence rates in the 15 to 49 years age group have decreased from 4.2 % in 1997 to 1.7 % in 2003. Health-e spoke to researchers who believe that new sexual practices among the youth are at the core of this change.
- ///News
Every district in the country will be compelled to offer anti-retroviral drugs to citizens if Cabinet approves the drug rollout plan that is expected to be presented to it in the near future.
- ///Health
African diva and queen of funk Angelique Kidjo is more than a musician. She’s also a UN goodwill ambassador and on a visit to Cape Town urged girls to refuse to have unprotected sex.
- ///News
Children with AIDS can take antiretroviral medicines but caregivers need to know how to monitor these young patients. Health-e talks to Dr Mark Cotton, a children’€™s specialist at Tygerberg Children’€™s Hospital.
- ///News
In this third and final feature, we travel with Goitsemang to the doctor as he learns more about HIV and AIDS in an effort to assist his sister, Dibuseng, who was diagnosed with HIV three months ago.
- ///News
In 1990 the World Bank predicted that within ten years there would be 1,2 million HIV infections in Brazil. Thirteen years later, this scenario has yet to materialise. Health-e News Service looks at the Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS.
- ///News
Many people equate an HIV diagnosis with imminent death. Not only is this false, but more important, early diagnosis of HIV improves one’s chances of survival. Goitsemang Nnetlane (not his real name) from the Northern Cape recently heard that his sister, Dibuseng (also not her real name) had been diagnosed with HIV. His first thought was that he had to secure anti-retrovirals for her immediately. But, he was wrong.
- ///News
The hopes of many people sick with AIDS rest on the technical report that has been delivered to government. Until a public sector treatment programme becomes available, these life-prolonging drugs will remain a luxury only accessible to those who can afford them. Justice Edwin Cameron is one of the fortunate minority.