Fighting the terrible twins
The plump young woman sits on a wooden bench in a room at Hout Bay Clinic. Nothing in her unassuming demeanour offers any clue that many people's health and ultimately lives depend on her.
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The success of decentralising DR-TB treatment
Khayelitsha healthcare providers are once again blazing the trail, finding innovative ways to tackle the drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) epidemic with great success by decentralising the treatment to primary care level rather than relying on the over-burdened hospital system.
SA pays high price for TB drugs
South Africa is paying exorbitantly high prices for drugs to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis, a new report by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has revealed.
XDR TB on the rise in KZN
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB has now spread to most parts of KwaZulu-Natal after being confined mostly to the Tugela Ferry area.
DR-TB a ticking time bomb
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.
When a whirlybird meets TB
OPINION: A whirlybird is a wind-driven roof turbine. We've all seen them. They dot the roofs of expansive warehouses. They aid circulation in modern bourgeois apartments on Knysna's Thesen Island. They sit on the smell-stacks of non-descript out-houses in our townships on the periphery of our cities. By Dalli Weyers.
TB a difficult bugger
TB is a difficult 'bugger' making it tough for scientists to develop drugs, diagnostics and vaccines to control the epidemic.
Mom take care of yourself so you can take care of your little one
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.
Helping adolescents live Living with AIDS # 467
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.
Zuma commits to tackle alcohol and drug abuse
Alcohol and drug abuse as well as drug trafficking will receive renewed and more energetic attention from government, President Jacob Zuma announced this week.
Global Fund gets tough on corruption
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.
Computer boffin wins prize for HIV work
A University of Stellenbosch computer scientist has been honoured for his contribution to better understanding HIV.
HIV testing in schools – Are they ready?
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.
HCT and teens: The Rights Connection
OPINION: The Director of the Children's Rights Centre addresses children's rights in the context of HIV. By Cati Vawda.
A bold, courageous move on HIV testing
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