Today in our series on EVERYDAY HEROES, we have a story of immense sadness and courage. The story of a father who was determined to keep his family together despite enormous odds. Without food, safe sanitation or the means to keep warm this part winter, staying healthy was almost impossible for him.
Government needs to prioritise improving national oversight over provincial health services to address the 'anarchy' and 'scope for corruption' in provinces, according to the AIDS Law Project (ALP).
After ten years of living with HIV, Pholokgolo Ramothwala's health is showing signs of decline, and he now realizes that he needs to stop taking alcohol.
A staggering 15 000 HIV-positive people have been placed on waiting lists in the Free State where a moratorium is barring them from accessing anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs at hospitals and clinics.
Candidate microbicide PRO 2000 cuts HIV transmission by 30 percent, falling just short of the one-third required to be deemed a success. But scientists say this trial offers proof that the concept of a vaginal gel to block HIV is possible.
The Pretoria High Court has ordered the Minister of Correctional Services to furnish the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) with unedited hard and electronic copies of a report of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons (JIOP) into the death of an Westville Prison inmate ("MM") in August 2006.
Every struggle has a hero and HIV and AIDS is no exception. In a bid to remove the stigma dogging the condition, high-profile people living with HIV are responding to a call to speak openly about their lives with HIV in a new initiative known as the 'Heroes' Campaign'.
KENYA: (PlusNews) - Makueni District Hospital in eastern Kenya has recorded a significant drop in the weight of several of its HIV-positive patients in the past three months, which nutritionists ascribe to severe food shortages across much of the country.
MOZAMBIQUE:(PlusNews) - A narrow hallway leads to a makeshift wooden counter where a shelf displays a few empty beer cans and soft drink bottles; a side door opens to a corridor with a series of bedrooms, almost all of them occupied. This is the 25 de Setembro Social Centre, one of the largest brothels in Chimoio, capital of Mozambique's central province of Manica.
ZIMBABWE: (PlusNews) - Former model Tendayi Westerhof is better known these days as a tough-talking HIV/AIDS activist. After testing HIV positive seven years ago, she left the modelling world to found the Public Personalities Against AIDS Trust (PPAAT) to encourage other public figures and celebrities to be open about their HIV status.
A new year often means a new start. Pholokgolo Ramothwala, a 30 year-old who has been living with HIV for 10 years, also wants to make new beginnings. Topping his list of things to do is the need to quit alcohol.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has turned its sights on increasing the number of 'child size' medicines designed and formulated specifically for children.
Across the human lifespan, we are most vulnerable to death during birth and in the first 28 days of life. This is even more so for children born in developing nations including South Africa.
A malaria vaccine candidate is proving to provide both infants and young children with significant protection against one of Africa's biggest killers, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine has revealed.
This article busts the myth that young girls are falling pregnant to access social grants.
By Marlise Richter
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