Last week a new analysis of adult mortality rates in African countries was released. The study authors found that between 2004 and 2008, in those nations where the President'€™s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was most active, the odds of death were about 20 percent lower than in other countries in the region. By Chris Collins.
Newer and more effective drugs to be used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. This came out of a gathering in Cape Town where delegates discussed how best to improve health care in Africa.
Cancer patients were turned away today at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg as a radiation machine had not been repaired due to a non-payment dispute with Siemens.
A much anticipated community-based study into the effectiveness of a prophylactic tuberculosis drug has shown no benefit in controlling TB.
The third Global Health Watch report shows that health financing, including dwindling support for AIDS, is one of the challenges facing global health.
CAPE TOWN - Millions of newborns, children and mothers continue to die needlessly, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where rates of child mortality are the highest in the world. In this region one out of every eight children die before their fifth birthday, twenty times the rate of industrialised countries.
JOHANNESBURG - Gold miners in Southern Africa are probably the group worst affected by tuberculosis (TB) in the world. This is according to Dr David Mametja of South Africa'€™s National TB Programme.
Pregnant women that want to quit smoking will not find a lot of relief in nicotine patches, according to new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Scientists have developed a new drug that can help reduce weight in people with Type-2 diabetes. Weight often causes complications in diabetes patients.
Dudley Lee's case reveals how overcrowding and a struggling court system are fuelling a TB epidemic. By Nathan Geffen
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.
About 211 field workers will be visiting a total of 15 000 households across the country over the next six months. This is part of the 4th South African National HIV, Behaviour and Health Survey that is led by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
Women with a history of endometriosis are at an increased risk of developing three types of ovarian cancer, according to a new study published in The Lance Oncology.
It is tougher to diagnose cancer among certain groups of patients, according to a recent study published in The Lancet Oncology.
Anal cancer rates are higher among people infected with HIV, according to new data published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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