Children exposed to tobacco smoke in the womb may be at higher risk of hearing loss in later years, according to a recent article in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. Researchers from New York University (NYU)…
Member states of the European Union are backing plans for bigger and bolder health warnings on cigarette packs and bans on most flavourings such as menthol. Under the new proposals, prominent health warnings would have to cover 65 percent of…
MEDIA RELEASE - A new report on the Global Plan towards elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive (Global Plan) has revealed a marked increase in progress in stopping new infections in children across the Global Plan priority countries in Africa.
Nomzamo Angel Maluka (19) from Msogwaba village has lived with her grandmother in Mpumalanga since the age of 14. Here she shares her story of being diagnosed with HIV and how giving birth to a healthy baby helped her to embrace life.
Thandisa Nogaga (27) from Mcobothini Village shares her experiences of joining a support group and why it is important, even if you are not the person living with the condition.
Marriage apparently has a condom effect, with the HIV rate amongst married South Africans half that that of unmarried people. Almost one-fifth (19.2%) of unmarried South Africans are living with HIV as opposed to 9.8% of married people. In addition,…
Stock-outs of ARVs in Soshanguve is a problem to the patients, clinic staff and caregivers.
DURBAN - Condom use last year declined among all age groups in South Africa, according to the latest household survey released by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
DURBAN – All patients diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis will now have access to a promising new drug bedaquiline, which is still undergoing trials, via a clinical access programme driven by the national health department.
The ongoing stock-out of antiretroviral medicine is at the forefront of AIDS activists’ agenda at the 6th South African AIDS conference, which opened last night (18 June).
Drug stock-outs at clinics were placed at the forefront of discussions during a number of Imbizos held by the Vhembe District Municipality in three villages last week.
A survey of 1 700 South African men from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal revealed that one in 10 men has been sexually assaulted by another man, while about one in 20 report having consensual sexual contact with other men – many who are at the same time in sexual relationships with women, according to research.
Tobacco adverts really do persuade teens to take up smoking, with every 10 sightings boosting the risk by almost 40 percent, reveals research published in the online only journal BMJ Open.
Electronic cigarettes will be regulated as non-prescription medicine in Britain from 2016 in an attempt to monitor the quality of the products.
Thousands of people living with HIV in the Eastern Cape are in catastrophic danger of developing fatal drug resistance due to ongoing interruptions in their antiretroviral (ARV) drug supplies, with activists calling on the national health minster to intervene. The…
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