In the valley of death: Life without ARVs
As South Africa celebrates 10 years of free HIV treatment, Health-e News Managing Editor Kerry Cullinan reflects on what life was like before antiretrovirals (ARVs).
Kerry Cullinan
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Too little being done to prevent HIV – SANAC
More people are getting infected with HIV every year than passing matric, and the SA National AIDS Council (SANAC) says progress to reduce new infections is “disappointingly slow”.
Shy billionaire finally honoured in SA
Few South Africans know the name Chuck Feeney, yet he has touched the lives of millions in this country by donating over R3 billion in development aid.
Exciting new HIV prevention products in pipeline
Vaginal rings filled with antiretrovirals (ARVs), ARV injections and partially effective vaccines are some of the HIV prevention weapons under development.
The next wave of prevention: Ring-fencing HIV
A range of new products, including vaginal rings and antiretroviral (ARV) injections, may soon be on offer to prevent HIV.
New barometer reveals the haves and the have nots
Life is hardest for people living in the Eastern Cape’s Alfred Nzo district, where fewer than six out of 100 households have inside taps.
Massive HIV vaccine trial possible in SA soon
The only HIV vaccine in the world that worked slightly in Thailand also seems to work on South Africans.
Lumkhile Sizila: “If someone has been attacked at 3am and needs help, he will be there”
TAC’s Khayelitsha office throngs with people who have been ill-treated by the health establishment and have no one else to fight for them.
Breathing space for children
The EarthChild Project is teaching yoga, meditation and healthy living to children in Khayelitsha and Lavender Hill - two of the most dangerous communities in the Western Cape
Ebola epidemic shows a failure of health services
The spread and severity of the West African Ebola epidemic is due to a lack of basic public health infrastructure, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan.
Not simply adapting Buddha for suburbia
In the US, capitalists seem to be ‘looting’ Buddhism, making off with its meditation ‘mindfulness’ techniques and ignoring spiritual teachings such ‘loving kindness’. But how is mindfulness unfolding in South Africa?
Surgery the ‘only chance’ for some obese patients
Sometimes surgery is the only intervention that can save obese patients from death caused by diseases such as heart failure, strokes, diabetes and hypertension.