An international AIDS vaccine conference held in Boston, in America, discussed the importance of community participation in the search for a preventative AIDS vaccine. But how do people feel about participating in scientific clinical research? Ayanda Mkhwanazi, of Health-e News Service, sought their views.
Home-based HIV testing, which enables you and your family to have an HIV test in the privacy of your own home without having to go to a health facility, is one of the newest efforts to be introduced to get people to know their HIV status.
In South Africa, 310 pregnant women out of every 100 000 die annually as a result of poor care during pregnancy. This is one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world. But these deaths can be avoided.
The Constitutional Court reserved judgment this week in a case that brings into question the Department of Correctional Services'€™ ability to prevent and manage the spread of Tuberculosis in the country'€™s prison facilities.
The Health Department in Gauteng has started processing payment of striking AIDS counsellors and home-based carers, but has failed to fulfill its undertaking that all workers would have been paid by now. And the workers say they will remain on strike until all of them have been paid.
In South Africa about 4 300 women die due to complications related to pregnancy and child birth. About 20 000 infants are still-born and a further 23 000 die in the first month of life. In addition 75 000 children never live to reach the age of five. What are the causes for this?
Repeated promises by the Gauteng Health Department to pay lay counsellors and home-based care givers who have gone without their monthly stipends of R1 500 for four months have still not materialised. The 6000-plus volunteers have voiced their frustration over the non-payment.
Communication through media and from person to person is vital to influence behaviour change that is useful for HIV prevention, according to research.
New United Nations data shows great gains in AIDS treatment coverage, but countries most affected by the AIDS epidemic continue to struggle to place enough people on treatment, mainly due to cuts in donor funding.
Results of a survey released today (Tues, 24 July) at the international AIDS conference in Washington shows that media communication programmes have a positive influence on people'€™s behaviour. The research shows that people who are exposed to such programmes are more likely to test for HIV and to use condoms, for example.
The strike by AIDS counsellors in Gauteng is continuing, despite the provincial heath department'€™s promise to settle the pay dispute. The striking workers say they will return to work only when the Gauteng Health Department has deposited their money into their accounts.
The Gauteng Health Department has warned protesting HIV counsellors and home-based care-givers that there will be consequences if they don'€™t return to work immediately. But it also admits it might not be able to pay them on time if they do.
