The cancer burden is rising rapidly in Africa with around 650 000 people developing the disease annually while treatment remains largely unavailable or inaccessible. Next week stakeholders will gather in Tanzania under the banner of the African Organisation for Research & Training in Cancer (AORTIC) to find ways to curb the more than 500 000 cancer deaths annually.
Many women become sex workers because they are unable to find work and face a life of poverty. However, some of the women wish to leave the industry and a project in Johannesburg is helping the women to do exactly that.
Dr Linda-Gail Bekker of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town was awarded the £60,000 Royal Society Pfizer Award at a ceremony in London this week.
In what has been described as the final death of state sponsored AIDS denialism, President Jacob Zuma has delivered a historic speech in the National Council of Provinces acknowledging that the country was not winning the war against the disease and that extraordinary measures were needed. Read his full speech here.
Africa has the largest number of children living with HIV. A campaign launched recently seeks to mobilize political will and financial resources to overcome the bottle-necks that hinder services for children who have HIV and to prevent HIV infection in children.
We all have our ups and downs, but if you live with bipolar disorder, these mood swings are more severe. However, if treated properly, the disorder can be well managed.
PARIS ' The priority for AIDS virologists in coming months is to find out exactly how the Thailand vaccine, which gave 30 percent protection against HIV, worked.
PARIS ' Twenty six years after Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barré-Sinoussi identified the HI virus in this city, a thousand scientists shared their knowledge this week on how to outsmart it.
Three South Africans are part of a special group of HIV positive people that may provide valuable clues to scientists searching for a vaccine.
Excessive use of alcohol is not advised in people taking AIDS medication as it may counteract the effect of the drugs. Elizabeth Xaba is proof of this.
PARIS ' Further research on the world's only vaccine to show some protection against HIV may be conducted in South Africa.
UMSINGA: (PlusNews) - Three years ago, the Church of Scotland Hospital at Tugela Ferry, in the rural Umsinga area of South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province, was the focus of international media attention as the epicentre of a deadly outbreak of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
NAIROBI: (PlusNews) - As traditional sources of financial aid dry up, new and innovative approaches to fundraising may be the best hope of generating money for HIV/AIDS efforts.
A cry, a smile and a dance often accompany the birth of a new-born. But in the age of HIV/AIDS, a cry, sadness and worries often characterize motherhood. This is according to experiences shared by pregnant HIV-positive women in a book entitled 'Contradicting Maternity'.
GULU: (PlusNews) - The imminent closure of internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in northern Uganda is causing concern among HIV-positive residents, who fear they may not have access to vital health services when they return to their villages.
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