Durban still lacks proper response to HIV
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Durban is the size of the epidemics in Lesotho and Botswana combined, according to researcher Dr Mark Colvin.
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Kerry Cullinan
30 years of AIDS
On the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS, the epidemic is far from being under control in South Africa
Read More »30 years of AIDSVeronica decides to die
After learning that she was HIV positive while pregnant, Veronica Dira withdrew from the world '€“ physically and psychologically.
Read More »Veronica decides to die‘Let me kill myself’
Depression over his HIV status and the constant taunting of an abusive relative led Lebo Kabanyane to the brink of suicide.
Read More »‘Let me kill myself’Regiment for circumcised men
The Zulu King has invited the almost 18,000 men who have been circumsized in KwaZulu-Natal this year to form a special regiment to fight HIV and women and child abuse.
Read More »Regiment for circumcised menFrank Chikane’€™s whitewash of Mbeki is an a historical disgrace
OPINION: Doctors call them Thabo'€™s children '€“ the thousands of kids infected with HIV by their mothers at birth who still fill hospital paediatric wards, suffering from a range of debilitating infections.
Read More »Frank Chikane’€™s whitewash of Mbeki is an a historical disgraceKZN’s turnaround plan cuts overspending and fraud
KwaZulu-Natal'€™s health department is set to remain within its budget this year for the first time in more than a decade '€“ thanks to a high level turnaround plan.
Read More »KZN’s turnaround plan cuts overspending and fraudPrison over-crowding spreads TB and HIV
DURBAN - Severe overcrowding in KwaZulu-Natal'€™s prisons is contributing to the spread of HIV and tuberculosis and driving the high death toll in prisons.
Read More »Prison over-crowding spreads TB and HIVKZN to go ahead with controversial circumcision clamp
KwaZulu-Natal is committed to a massive male circumcision drive using all available medical methods including the controversial Tara Klamp, according to Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo.
Read More »KZN to go ahead with controversial circumcision clampWe are soft targets, say hospital workers
Health workers in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg have hit back at officials for implying that they are to blame for the deaths of six premature babies this week.
Read More »We are soft targets, say hospital workersUrban women bear brunt of AIDS in KZN
The face of HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal is a woman in her thirties living in eThekwini, according to a study released this week.
Read More »Urban women bear brunt of AIDS in KZNElite group that can control their HIV offers vaccine hope
Three South Africans are part of a special group of HIV positive people that may provide valuable clues to scientists searching for a vaccine.
Read More »Elite group that can control their HIV offers vaccine hopeMassive twin burden of HIV and TB
Although South Africa has just a 0.7% of the world'€™s population, it has 17% of the global HIV burden. In addition, our tuberculosis epidemic is one of the worst in the world, and is further complicated by growing drug resistant strains of TB and a high level of HIV-TB coinfection.
Read More »Massive twin burden of HIV and TB‘€˜The paradox of apparent progress yet worsening health outcomes’€™
Despite the health of women and children being a priority for the democratically elected government, South Africa is one of only 12 countries in the world where the mortality rate for our children has got worse since 1990.
Read More »‘€˜The paradox of apparent progress yet worsening health outcomes’€™A nation killing itself
A Cuban doctor once told me that South Africa'€™s national sport was hurting one another. The chapter on violence and injuries, South Africa'€™s second biggest killer after HIV/AIDS, is a chilling reminder of his comment.
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