Work-place peer educators are a unique invaluable resource that the country has in its response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic, but their role is not sufficiently exploited. This is according to a book, titled 'Changing the course of AIDS'.
Yesterday the country observed Youth Day, a day that has a history steeped in our oppressive political past. Today, South African youth have a plethora of challenges, politics not being at the top of the list. In this report we look at alcohol's easy access to the youth and how it impacts their health and lives.
The majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa rely on foreign funding to run their national AIDS programmes. But this over-reliance on donor agencies is now proving unsustainable as funders are freezing or reducing their support. Thus, local governments are now required to look no further than inward to save their own.
Millions of AIDS patients in Africa will face severe suffering and death if donor nations and organisations continue to back-track on their commitment to fund AIDS treatment programmes, warns Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
The HIV and AIDS epidemic is largely responsible for the increase of child mortality rates in South Africa, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said at a media briefing early this week. His remarks follow the deaths of six babies at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and 10 at Natalspruit Hospital on Gauteng's East Rand, recently.
The Department of Health has apologized for the deaths last week of six babies at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and 10 at Natalspruit Hospital on the East Rand. The Department says it's investigating several factors to determine the cause of deaths.
Local advocacy groups and international partners in South Africa's response to HIV and AIDS welcomed the launch of the country's programme to have 15 million citizens tested for HIV over the next year.
A new book, the Virus, Vitamins and Vegetables, documenting the South African government's controversial response to the AIDS epidemic was launched in Durban and Johannesburg, recently.
'Miracles' have been taking place at Mofolo Hospice with the arrival of anti-retrovirals as patients admitted on the brink of death leave the in-patient unit on their own two feet.
Scientists are trying to protect children born to HIV positive mothers from getting TB, the most common infection suffered by people with HIV.
Government and the AIDS Law Project have started urgent talks that could see the parties reaching an out-of-court settlement on the provision of antiretrovirals to prisoners.
A unique programme investigating whether access to money can reduce rural women's vulnerability to HIV, shows that with economic power comes a sense of optimism. Researchers reckon that this leads to better health decisions, reduced health risks and improved gender relations.
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