Now the HR talks can begin
The health department's human resources plan has finally been released, and now the discussions can begin about how to ensure that the country has enough health workers to serve the nation.
Kerry Cullinan
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PMTCT gains reversed by unsupportive environment
Many of the babies saved by nevirapine from getting HIV from their mothers at birth are being infected with the virus later in communities where health systems are weak and there is little support for their mothers.
Gauteng has largest ARV programme in country
Gauteng has the highest number of people on antiretroviral treatment of all the provinces, with 13 670 adults and 1 822 children on the drugs by mid-May.
Huge workloads endanger patients
The huge workloads being shouldered by nurses are endangering the lives of patients, yet government does not seem serious about negotiating with nurses, says Thembeka Gwagwa, the general secretary of the Democratic Nurses' Organisation of SA (Denosa).
Hospital has little chance of filling posts
There are over 200 vacancies for professional nurses at King Edward Hospital in Durban and a very small possibility that these posts will ever be filled.
The curious tale of the Minister and the vitamin seller
The antics of the discredited Dr Rath, and our health minister's support for him, are dragging us back into the dark days of AIDS denialism
TAC attacks Bonitas ARV decision
Bonitas's decision to courier antiretroviral drugs to its members is 'unacceptable', says TAC.
WHO disappoints SA govt
Government is disappointed that there has been no clear message stemming from the high-level World Health Organisation AIDS and Nutrition conference held this week.
World search for guidelines to eliminate vitamin charlatans
WHO meeting aims to develop African consensus on nutrition and HIV/AIDS.
Too few resources to fight drug-resistant TB
KZN has the most tuberculosis cases in the country, but hospitals are fighting a losing battle against deadly multi-drug resistant TB.
The fat of the land
We often assume that obesity is only a problem in the US. But South Africans have been growing steadily larger over the last decade.
Minister censors AIDS ‘toolkit’
The Ministry of Health has ordered that all references to the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), gays and pictures of Patricia de Lille and Judge Edwin Cameron be removed from a 'toolkit' aimed at empowering people living with HIV/AIDS.