Circumcision gets mobile in W Cape
Two mobile operating theatres mounted on trucks aim to bring medical male circumcision to remote villages in the Western Cape.
Kerry Cullinan
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Cabinet bans travellers from high-risk Ebola countries
Travellers from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia not allowed into South Africa unless they are returning residents
AIDS conference returns to Durban in 2016
The International AIDS Society announced in Melbourne last week that the biennial AIDS conference will return to Durban in 2016. But this time, the circumstances in the country are significantly different than 2000. Last year, only around 7 600 babies were infected with HIV by their mothers, in comparison to 56 000 babies in 2003.
No need to panic about Ebola, says Minister
As deadly Ebola sweeps through West Africa, SA's Health Minister says the county's surveillance system is primed to detect any cases
Lifelong ARVs for pregnant women, says Health Minister
All pregnant, HIV positive women will go onto lifelong antiretroviral treatment from January, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced in his health budget vote yesterday.
AIDS still extracting a deadly price, but SA is making progress
South Africa has more AIDS-related deaths than any country in the world, but deaths of young children have decreased more than ten-fold in the past decade and tuberculosis (TB) deaths have decreased by 6 percent.
SA Clinicians Society mourns deaths on Flight 17
Dutch HIV expert Joep Lange, killed on Flight 17, was a 'friend of Africa'
Women are ‘collateral damage’ in South Sudan war
Health-e News Managing Editor Kerry Cullinan writes on HIV, women and media in war-torn South Sudan.
Doctors need not panic over ‘certificates of need’
Doctors do not need to panic about being forced to work in places where they do not want to, according to the Department of Health.
The fat life, island style
Pacific islands famous for white sands and turquoise seas are also home to some of the fattest people in the world, according to global research released today by The Lancet medical journal.
Huge herpes infections in women with HIV
Almost 90 percent of HIV-positive pregnant women are also infected with herpes, according to the recently released shock results of a government survey.
Better care at birth could save 3m lives annually
The lives of three million mothers and newborn babies could be saved every year if they received proper healthcare, especially during birth, according to a new Lancet report.