SA gets ready for trial of successful Thai vaccine
Two years ago, the AIDS community was electrified by news that a vaccine had partially protected people against HIV. Now this vaccine will be tested in South Africa.
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Will the new complementary and alternative medicines regulations protect consumers?
The Department of Health recently published draft regulations and guidelines governing complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs). We have not done an exhaustive analysis of the proposed changes. We are posting preliminary observations to spur discussion and public engagement with these important documents. By Marcus Low.
Tokollo District Hospital scores COHSASA accreditation
Tokollo District Hospital, situated in the small farming town of Heilbron in the Free State province, has become the latest district hospital in South Africa to receive international standards accreditation by the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA).
Young Americans have more risky sex than South Africans
Despite the high rate of HIV, research has found that young South Africans have less risky sexual behaviour than young people from the USA.
KZN leads on breast-feeding
Recognising the need to improve child health, KwaZulu-Natal became the only province to scrap the provision of free formula milk in favour of promoting exclusive breast-feeding among pregnant women attending government antenatal facilities at the beginning of the year. By so doing, the province set the national agenda.
Mother’€™s milk the only way Living with AIDS # 486
In a strong move to encourage breast-feeding as a key intervention to promote child survival, the national Health Department has decided to promote exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months of an infant'€™s life even for those with HIV-positive mothers.
Green light for breastfeeding only
South Africa will move to an exclusive breastfeeding strategy and discontinue the practice of providing formula feed through hospitals and clinics, health minster Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced yesterday (TUES).
SA needs to lead on NCD goals at UN meeting
HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria have dominated the headlines and received much of the world attention for several years - And rightly so.
Breast is best ‘€“ Health minister
Formula feed for infants should only be handed out if prescribed by a medical doctor, health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi told a meeting on breastfeeding today (MONDAY).
Community reacts to medical male circumcision Living with AIDS # 485
The community of Soweto, the sprawling township to the south of Johannesburg, has welcomed the rollout of medical male circumcision in the area.
“Ghana must speed up legislation on Tobacco” – Patricia Lambert
South Africa / Johannesburg, Aug 12, GNA '€“ Ms Patricia Lambert, Director of International Legal Consortium for Campaign for Tobacco - Free Kids, has urged the Government of Ghana to consider the health of her people and speed up the tobacco control legislation.
Children as citizens
Children'€™s participation in decisions that affect them is essential for improved service delivery, the latest South African Child Gauge 2010/2011 has revealed.
Rolling out medical male circumcision in Gauteng Living with AIDS # 484
As part of the country'€™s effort to roll out medical male circumcision in a bid to reduce HIV infection among men, the Gauteng Health Department has set itself a target to circumcise about 125 000 men by March next year.
Shocking maternal care in the Eastern Cape ‘€“ HRW report
Pregnant women seeking healthcare in Eastern Cape government facilities are facing abuse and substandard care placing them at high risk of death and injury, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has revealed.
Health team planned for each electoral ward
Every electoral ward is set to have a primary health care, nurse-driven team established as part of the National Health Insurance (NHI) system and specialist doctor teams will be assigned to districts where maternal and child mortality is high.