CAPE TOWN - While universal access to antiretroviral treatment remains a dream for millions of poor people living with HIV, scientists speaking at the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009) are discussing the benefits of these drugs as an effective prevention intervention.
Edendale Hospital'€™s crisis-wracked HIV treatment programme is getting a massive staff boost to help it cope with the huge community demand for antiretroviral medication.
The Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa this week sent an open letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan outlining their concerns about the current OSD offer.
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - Poor ventilation, overcrowding and HIV co-infection make prison an ideal breeding-ground for tuberculosis (TB), but a new study will be among the first in South Africa to quantify TB among inmates and personnel.
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - In the first case of its kind in Botswana, a woman has successfully sued another woman for publicly revealing her HIV status.
Kidney problems can affect anyone, but it mainly afflicts those who suffer from hypertension and diabetes. In some cases it is hereditary. Those diagnosed with kidney failure are required to undergo treatment until they receive a kidney transplant.
Most South Africans are not aware that they can donate organs to save the lives of others. Many are simply not willing to. This leaves those needing organ transplants at risk of desperate illness or loss of life.
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - The quality of health care, including access to HIV prevention and testing services, depends to a large extent on which of South Africa's 52 districts you happen to live in.
The two most deprived districts in the country are Umzinyathi and Umkhanyekude in KwaZulu-Natal, according to the District Health Barometer (DHB) which was released last night (Monday 6 July).
Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)has called for a single African Drug Agency to ensure the sustainability and availability of quality lifesaving drugs so desperately needed on the continent. Sidebe directed his call at a leaders meeting at the African Union summit in Libya.
The latest pay offer reduces the rural allowance for doctors without explantion. By Dr. Bernard Gaede.
The HIV community is reeling from the death of Cape Town doctor Steve Andrews (39) '€“ activist and people'€™s doctor and one of the top HIV physicians in the country. Andrews, personal physician to many HIV activists, died in his sleep on Friday night.
While South Africa has made some progress towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), mental health and poverty remain major challenges, according to public hearings on the MDGs hosted by the SA Human Rights Commission.
Up until March this year, there were 1 234 people in need of a kidney transplant in the Johannesburg region alone. So far, only 20 people have received kidney transplants. South Africans are being called upon to become organ donors.
About 3 500 patients are currently on the waiting list for kidney transplants. At Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital alone, 160 patients are awaiting a transplant. But not all of them will be lucky enough to receive a kidney.
