Preventable disease costing lives
While HIV and tuberculosis are hitting the headlines daily, thousands are quietly dying of lifestyle diseases, many which can be prevented if diagnosed and treated early.
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Social worker makes tough decisions
Whichever way you try to look at it - Lungi Hlakudi has one of the toughest jobs imaginable. As assistant social work manager at Groote Schuur Hospital, Hlakudi is a critical cog in deciding whether kidney patients are approved, or not, for lifesaving dialysis. And more often than not, he is the one who has to tell desperately ill patients when they have failed to make the cut.
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A window into Pholo’s life
Ten years of living with HIV! Is it possible to tell a decade of my life without writing a book? It is probably not possible, but since I have a couple more decades to live, I will use the time to tell the rest of my story.
Celebrating life with HIV Living with AIDS # 364
Ten years after being diagnosed with HIV, Pholokgolo Ramothwala has stopped waiting for his death. Instead, he says he is looking after his health, hopes to stop drinking alcohol and is working on creating financial security for his children.
Lack of adherence increases TB rate
Nokwayiyo Racasa is a former teacher who lives in Gugulethu on the Cape Flats. If you'€™d seen her five years ago, you would not have recognized her. She was thin; she often got sick; she had no energy.
Palliative care in action
The launch of the Centre of Excellence in Palliative Care in Johannesburg last week brings hope and courage to people with incurable illnesses, who often suffer enormous physical pain and emotional pain.
Cycling for breast cancer awareness
The high number of South African women who die of breast cancer every year has prompted 12 breast cancer survivors to ride motorcycles from Johannesburg to Cape Town to promote awareness about breast cancer
Committee rejects controversial medicine registration system
Parliament'€™s health committee has rejected a move by the health department to introduce a two-tier system for medicines approval whereby the health minister would have had the final say over whether a medicine could be registered.
Strict on medicines, soft on ‘natural remedies’
OPINION PIECE:It is time government showed the same vigor in tackling the snake oil salesman as they have in tackling conventional medicine and science.
Strict on medicines, soft on ‘natural remedies’
OPINION PIECE:It is time government showed the same vigor in tackling the snake oil salesmen as they have in tackling conventional medicine and science.
Need to recognise diabetes causes
Diabetes is increasing rapidly worldwide, yet many people are unaware of its symptoms.
So says renowned paediatric diabetes expert Professor Tadej Battelino, in South Africa to attend an international diabetes conference.
Palliative care recognised Living with AIDS # 362
Taking care of people who are very sick or dying has traditionally been left to hospices. But in a novel partnership, the Gauteng Health Department will launch the Centre for Excellent Palliative Care at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital tomorrow (Friday, 15/08/2008). This integrates this kind of care into the public health service.
Making those who transmit HIV into criminals doesn’€™t protect people from the virus – Cameron
All around the world, people with HIV are being charged for endangering the lives of others. But this doesn't stop the spread of HIV because most of those infected don't know they have the virus, argues Judge Edwin Cameron.
Heated debate about male circumcision
Circumcised men are much less likely to get HIV, but if the procedure is promoted as a way of preventing HIV men might think they are immune to the virus.