NSP 2012 ‘€“ 2016 Living with AIDS # 511
Preventing new AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections is at the heart of the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV/AIDS, TB and STIs, which came into effect at the beginning of April.
Khopotso Bodibe
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Gauteng aims big Living with AIDS 510
The Gauteng Health Department aims to test 3 million people for HIV and to put almost one million people onto treatment in the new financial year.
SANAC fires staff
Just days before the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV and AIDS, TB and STIs is due to be implemented on the 1st of April, the entire staff of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) has been fired, leaving no one in the SANAC Secretariat to deliver on the plan.
Bringing sexy into HIV Living with AIDS 509
HIV is mostly a sexually transmitted infection, yet many people shy away from expressing sexuality or speaking openly about the very fact and act that may result in HIV infection. But that could change if Phindile Sithole-Spong, a young Johannesburg-based woman has her way.
NHI pilot districts announced
Eleven districts across the country have been chosen as launch pads for a future National Health Insurance (NHI) system. One district per province, with the exception of KwaZulu-Natal, from where three districts have been selected, will pilot the NHI system.
Trying to prevent more Thabo Mwales
With only one lung as a result of tuberculosis, Thabo Mwale is a man on a mission. He wants to protect others from going through the same experience he did.
NSP to strengthen prevention among youth Living with AIDS # 508
The new National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS, which comes into effect on April 1st, will prioritise young girls and women in its HIV prevention efforts. The Plan will also resuscitate the school-based HIV testing campaign, whose introduction fell flat on its face last year.
‘€˜This TB has changed my life’€™
Eighteen years after contracting tuberculosis, Thabo Mwale still suffers from the damage caused by the infection as he now has only one functional lung.
HIV case load begs for better TB diagnostics Living with AIDS # 507
Early diagnosis of Tuberculosis in people who have HIV is a challenge to the health system. Yet, this is crucial as TB has proven to be a significant cause of illness and death in people who have HIV.
Report confirms donor fatigue for AIDS Living wiith AIDS 506
The third Global Health Watch report shows that health financing, including dwindling support for AIDS, is one of the challenges facing global health.
Pain – a neglected complication of HIV Living with AIDS # 505
Recent research among South Africans living with HIV shows that they often experience varying degrees of pain, yet many patients do not report it. The study also shows that health care workers are ill-equipped to treat pain in HIV-positive people.
Easing hunger pangs Living with AIDS # 504
Serving breakfast and lunch daily to children from a number of primary and high schools surrounding Tsogang Setjhaba in Chiawelo, Soweto, goes a long way to alleviate their hunger. For some of the children, lunch will be their last meal for the day.