OPINION: Crisis as Free State ARV programme collapses
The AIDS epidemic in our country, over more than 10 years, has had sadly many more downs than ups.
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Female condom shortage
MOMBASA:(PlusNews) - A shortage of free female condoms in public hospitals in Kenya's Coast Province is compromising the ability of women to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Hundreds of thousands die due to delay in ARV rollout – Studies
The latest edition of the HIV Treatment Bulletin contains a report on two studies calculating the excess number of AIDS deaths in South Africa resulting from a delay in governmental roll-out of highly active ARV treatment (HAART) and in preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT).
More chaos for Zimbabweans as home affairs displaces Musina refugees
Thousands of Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa have been displaced after an order by the Department of Home of Affairs for them to vacate a field in Musina where they have been living for several months.
Good Oral health and hygiene lead to better life for HIV patients
Going to the dentist is not a pleasurable experience for some. It'€™s even worse for those who are experiencing severe pain from HIV-related oral infections. We take a look at how one'€™s good oral health can deteriorate due to HIV infection.
Jane, “I told them I was HIV-positive … they raped me anyway”
NAIROBI:(PlusNews) - Exactly one year ago, Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and his erstwhile rival for the presidency, Raila Odinga, signed an agreement that created a government of national unity, ending two months of election-related violence during which more than 1,000 people were killed. The effects of that violence are still being felt.
Pholo’€™s plans hang in the balance Living with AIDS # 380
In this month'€™s diary, Pholokgolo Ramothwala writes that poor health and stress have slammed the brakes on his plans to make new beginnings.
Hope for skin cancer, but local study needed first
A study conducted in the United States shows that high doses of Vitamin D supplementation could reduce the skin cancer risk in older, post-menopausal women by almost 80 percent. However, a local cancer expert has warned that the study published the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition could only be significant locally if a similar study was conducted in South Africa
Testing for love
With February being the month when love is in the air, we spent some time with a discordant couple, where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is not, to find out the importance of couples testing together.
Chillies are hot, but most other arthritis remedies have little effect
While fish body oil and a gel made from red chillies, got the thumbs up, the vast majority of complementary medicines for arthritis failed to prove efficacy.
Sex workers want inclusion in HIV/AIDS programmes
At the first ever African Sex Workers'€™ Conference held in Johannesburg recently, sex workers called on governments to recognise their needs in their plans to respond to the AIDS epidemic.
Zim health ‘€“ a ticking time bomb Living with AIDS # 379
A threat of more infectious diseases, a drug-resistant AIDS epidemic and malnutrition could add to Zimbabwe'€™s current cholera woes, says humanitarian medical aid agency, Doctors Without Borders.
Survival in the time of cholera
Pia Engebrigtsen worked for 2 months as a nurse in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province during the country's cholera outbreak, in which MSF has so far treated more than 45,000 people. Here she shares her story of death, heartbreak, survival and saving lives against all odds.
Zimbabwe’s worsening crisis
Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis continues to rapidly deteriorate, causing appalling suffering, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warn in a report released this week. The organisation'€™s medical teams have now treated almost 45,000 people, an estimated 75% of the total number of cases in the current cholera outbreak - and the crisis is far from over.
Drugs trickle into the Free State
Most hospital and clinics in the Free State have still not started treating the more than 15 000 people waiting for their anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, however the national health department has given the assurance that drugs will now start arriving at all 28 sites.