TAC tackle Cancer Alliance on patents
OPINION: Catherine Tomlinson of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has published an article on Quackdown that gives a detailed response to criticisms of the TAC and MSF by the Cancer Alliance.
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Women: giving up smoking early can extend life
Women smokers who quit before the age of 30, can recover and avoid almost all of the increased risk of dying, according to the largest-ever study of the hazards of smoking.
ARV shortage at E Cape clinic
OURHEALTH. - Goso Forest Clinic in Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape is experiencing a shortage of medicine, including life-saving antiretrovirals (ARVs).
Smartphone apps glamorise smoking
Many smartphone applications are promoting smoking. This is according to a new study published by the journal Tobacco Control.
MSF and TAC write to Motsoaledi re the ARV tender
Due to several concerns with the antiretroviral tender, the Treatment Action Campaign and MSF last week sent a joint letter to the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
Novel programme shows promise in Malaria prevention
MSF's Malaria prevention pilot projects in Mali and Chad are showing dramatic, promising results with malaria cases and hospitalisations plummeting.
Antibodies offer AIDS vaccine clue
A response to the HI-Virus in two HIV positive women, which enabled them to make potent antibodies that would kill most of the HIV types from around the world, has provided South African reseachers with potential clues for the development of an AIDS vaccine.
WHO reports back on TB
An estimated 20 million people are alive today as a direct result of tuberculosis (TB) care and control, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2012.
Great disparity in lives of SA children
CAPE TOWN. '€“ South African children have equal rights under the Constitution, but the worlds into which they are born and their opportunities in life are very unequal. This was the message Katharine Hall, senior researcher at the Children'€™s Institute (CI) at the University of Cape Town shared yesterday at the launched the South African Child Gauge 2012, an annual review on the state of South Africa's children.
WHO launches the Global Tuberculosis Report 2012
MEDIA RELEASE: An estimated 20 million people are alive today as a direct result of tuberculosis (TB) care and control, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2012.
How much is a life worth?
This video spotlights the devastating global tobacco epidemic and how the tobacco industry works to addict new users, especially kids.
Quiting improves lung cancer survival
Lung cancer patients who quit smoking longer than a year before being diagnosed have better survival outcomes than patients who continue to smoke. This is according to a new study published in the journal Cancer.
170 million years of healthy life lost due to cancer in 2008
The first detailed study to estimate the global impact of cancer has revealed that nearly 170 million years of healthy life were lost in 2008 because of the disease.
Gauteng discusses future of lay counsellors Living with AIDS # 537
The Gauteng Health Department held talks with lay HIV counsellors and other community health workers this week to discuss options of managing and incorporating them into the health system. Currently, they are employed through various non-governmental organisations and are not recognised as employees of the department.
Only 1 in 3 childhood cancers diagnosed, treated
With effective treatment and dedicated paediatric cancer units in place, very few children should be dying from cancer in South Africa. Yet, only one in three present for treatment. Today (Friday, 15 February) is International Childhood Cancer Day and time to reflect on the childhood cancer situation in the country.