Call for removal of barriers to access traditional meds
Traditional medicine generates almost R3-billion a year and government needs to urgently remove barriers preventing its practitioners from claiming from medical schemes for services rendered.
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Living and dying in SA
The health indicators, which provide a snapshot of our nation's health, still paint a picture of a violent, racially divided country where women bear the brunt of disease.
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Whether it's to test a vaccine or a microbicide to reduce HIV risk, clinical trials rely heavily on the goodwill of people. Without them, such trials won't take place. But what motivates people to want to be part of these trials?
‘Tail’ regimen for PMTCT the way to go
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‘Future time bomb’
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Spat mars HIV efforts in Mtubatuba
A new organisation supported by US celebrities has caused controversy in northern KwaZulu-Natal, prompting the question: is there enough co-ordination of donor funding of HIV/AIDS?
Mission impossible?
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Eastern Cape rural hospital shows the way on AIDS
Good news is hard to come by in rural Eastern Cape, but Madwaleni Hospital's HIV programme is inspiring.
Many rivers to cross
Without a lift to the hospital, Faniswa Methi probably wouldn't have made it.
New PMTCT protocol in two weeks
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Don’t call us guinea pigs, say microbicide trialists
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Pharma companies ‘deny medicine to millions’ ‘ Oxfam
Big pharmaceutical companies need to change the way they work to reach 85% of the world's consumers who don't have proper access to medicine.
Microbicide hope Living with AIDS # 331
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