Countries with high numbers of people living with HIV, especially where access to antiretroviral treatment is patchy, are sitting on a drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) time bomb, which may have in some instances already exploded.
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB has now spread to most parts of KwaZulu-Natal after being confined mostly to the Tugela Ferry area.
The quality of care that a baby gets while still in the womb and in its early years of life has an impact on its future development. A study has found that the first 1000 days of life are crucial in shaping the next 18 years of a young individual.
Bringing up a child born with HIV can be daunting, especially when the child reaches adolescence and starts being curious about sex. But, finally, there is some help for teens with HIV and their families.
A University of Stellenbosch computer scientist has been honoured for his contribution to better understanding HIV.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has announced that former President of Botswana Festus Mogae and former American Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt will lead an independent and thorough review of the fund'€™s financial safeguards.
Alcohol and drug abuse as well as drug trafficking will receive renewed and more energetic attention from government, President Jacob Zuma announced this week.
The Health Department'€™s drive to circumcise as many men as possible to reduce their risk of contracting HIV has ignited fierce debate among young men.
OPINION: South Africa'€™s HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan for health has two objectives '€“ reducing the incidence of new HIV infections by half and placing 80% of those in need onto anti-retroviral treatment. As a country, we are making some progress in scaling up our national HIV treatment programmes, but concurrently we need to maintain the status of those that are HIV negative. By Joanne Brink.
OPINION: For too long the debate about HIV testing and human rights has largely focused on the implications of the former for the latter: how testing has the potential to undermine rights. Given the experiences of many people living with HIV, this is understandable: many have lost '€“ or been denied '€“ jobs; insurance policies have been denied routinely; access to health care services has often been limited. By Jonathan Berger
OPINION: The Director of the Children's Rights Centre addresses children'€™s rights in the context of HIV. By Cati Vawda.
OPINION: As a parent, educator and citizen of this country, I am pleased with the aggressive approach adopted by our government in its campaign against HIV and AIDS, especially amongst learners in our schools. What I find rather disturbing, however, is the plan by government to introduce HIV testing in schools, without thorough preparation. Are the schools ready for the HIV testing of their learners? By Misheck Ndebele.
Sex workers in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Musina, Limpopo, and other places in various countries marched in protest against abuse and the violation of their rights this week.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) has questioned why two drugs companies are to receive millions of dollars in a vaccine deal being branded as a huge breakthrough for poor countries.
About 40% of high school learners say that they have sex and 19% of these say that they have more than one sexual partner. A significant proportion deny that they are at risk of HIV infection, according to a study by the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD).
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