#AidsVirtual2020: Promising research for COVID19
Important advances in COVID-19 research, including promising data on new treatments, were announced at the 23rd International Aids Conference.
#AIDS2020Virtual: Covid-1919 impacts 17.7 million people on ARVs
The World Health Organization and UNAIDS has warned that if efforts are not made to mitigate health services and supply interruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic,the disruption of antiretroviral therapy could cause 500 000 more deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020–2021.
#AIDS2020Virtual:Impact of COVID19 on HIV services a worry
The world’s largest conference on HIV opened today in a special virtual format due to COVID-19. It kicked off with a focus on the links between the two viruses, and a recognition of global debates around racism.
#CoronavirusSA: Barriers to ARV access during lockdown
For many HIV-positive South Africans, the national lockdown has hindered their ability to easily access antiretroviral drugs and treatment. However, convenient and cost-efficient options for medicine collection are available.
#NHIPublicHearings: ‘First fix the issues, then implement the NHI’
While the majority of Gauteng residents want the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to be implemented as soon as possible, they also want the government to not shy away from the serious healthcare system challenges the province faces.
Monatea: The new no-sugar drink
With obesity levels on the rise globally and locally, and the link between it and the high intake of sugar, a newly launched drink is a welcomed reprieve.
Thousands go hungry after mismanagement of food relief
While the Gauteng government investigates corruption in the running of its food banks, those who rely on these banks are going hungry.
Stunting haunts a child for life
Poor nutrition in early childhood has a number of negative consequences for people later in life, according to Professor Daniela Casale, from Wits University’s School of Economic and Business Sciences.
Addressing gay men’s HIV risk
Men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa are twice as likely as the general population to be HIV positive, mostly because their health needs are not being met by clinics.
No closure after mom’s mysterious hospital death
When Sammy Sappie went to visit his mother in Pholosong Hospital a few hours after she was admitted, he found her dead in the bed with the nurses on duty seemingly unaware that she had passed away.
Counting the costs of flu
The flu season can see you coughing up about R4000 in costs and the South African economy loses more than R2-billion because of colds and flu every year
Regulate private health prices, inquiry told
The long-awaited Competition Commission inquiry into private healthcare kicked off this week with an appeal for prices to be regulated