Zuma asked to make China pay
President Jacob Zuma should use his influence to ensure that China donates money to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
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Tobacco tax fights cancer, heart disease
Increasing tobacco taxes is the single most powerful way for low- and middle-income countries to reduce deaths and disease from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer and heart disease, according to international experts.
Health care community reacts to Mandela’s death
One of South Africa’s first politicians to openly speak about HIV, Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. Health-e takes a look at how local activists and global health leaders are remembering the father of the nation.
UNAIDS, AIDS community heartbroken at Nelson Mandela’s passing
GENEVA, 5 December 2013—The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is greatly saddened by the death of South Africa’s former President, Nelson Mandela, one of Africa’s greatest leaders and a passionate advocate for people living with HIV.
Cancer institute charts course
Stellenbosch University recently launched the African Cancer Institute (ACI) to build African countries’ abilities to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. Health-e caught up with ACI’s director, Vikash Sewram, to find out how the institute plans to achieve this bold objective.
“Stop & go” HIV treatment sabotage
Eastern Cape citizen journalist Mtshana Mvilisi presents the first in a series of regular columns and says HIV-positive people are taking dangerous gambles with drug resistance.
“I didn’t think I’d live this long”
When Paul Mawasha was diagnosed with HIV 15 years ago at the age of 29, he never thought he would see live to see 40.
Statement: Civil society letter delivered to the Deputy President
This letter, delivered to South Africa Deputy President and national AIDS council chairperson Kgalema Motlanthe, outlines ongoing concerns regarding HIV treatment and health in Mpumalanga.
Treatment Action Campaign boycotts World AIDS Day celebrations
South Africa's largest association of people living with HIV, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), boycotted South Africa’s World AIDS Day commemoration as more than 900 members marched on the site of celebrations in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga.
“How am I going to tell my parents?”
Thembi Khabonina Nkomo, from Daantjie in Nelspruit, was diagnosed with HIV 13 years ago. She was afraid of being disowned by her family. She now credits her family’s love and support for her strength and happiness.
Trailblazing move to take HIV treatment out of clinics
Some of South Africa’s 2.4 million HIV patients will be able to get antiretroviral (ARV) outside of health clinics in a move the Department of Health hopes will help address stock outs.
There’s a hole in the middle of our AIDS programme
There is a big hole in the middle of South Africa’s HIV treatment programme that is undermining government’s remarkable achievements since 2009, when AIDS denialist President Thabo Mbeki was kicked out.
Medicines go missing – and so do budgets
Budget cuts and poor financial management may be some of the culprits driving the country’s medicine stockouts.
Widespread stock outs of HIV, TB meds ‘a national crisis’
More than ten percent of all health centres in the country have experienced stock outs of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) medicines in the last three months, jeopardising the health of millions of South African.
Double HIV, TB diagnosis depresses Vhembe man
Erick Mudanalo from Limpopo has been taking tuberculosis (TB) treatment for three years but it was his recent HIV-positive diagnosis that almost caused him to give up hope altogether.