Strong link between smoking and TB
Up to 20 percent of the global tuberculosis (TB) burden may be attributable to tobacco smoking, research has confirmed.
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Treat MDR TB in the communities
Decentralising the treatment of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) to community level is gaining popularity as the way forward.
Thousands call for action on TB
Activists have called for global action to stem the tide of deaths attributed to tuberculosis.
‘TB out of control in Zimbabwe’
Tuberculosis (TB) and its drug resistant strain is out of control in Zimbabwe, advocacy organisations in the country have warned.
Discovery of new MDR TB drugs critical Living with AIDS # 329
The world is in desperate need of better medicines to deal both with the increase in multi-drug resistant TB and the problem of the co-infection of TB and HIV, say experts.
Smoking children – cause for concern, warn experts
Health experts say the high level of tobacco use among South African children of school going age is worrisome.
Not enough research to treat TB-HIV properly, say experts
Health systems cannot properly diagnose, treat, or contain the co-epidemic of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) because not enough is known about how the two diseases interact.
SA comes under fire for failing to stem XDR-TB
South Africa'€™s health department has come under fire from activists and HIV/tuberculosis experts for its failure to respond to extensively drug resistant (XDR) TB with claims that one of the critical drugs to stem this epidemic is not available in KwaZulu-Natal, the hotbed of the outbreak.
Better breast cancer services urgently needed
At the close of breast cancer awareness month, cancer organisations say proper testing and treatment services for breat cancer are completely inadequate.
Migrant workers fingered in the spread of HIV
The spread of HIV/AIDS in rural areas has seen some people blaming migrant workers as being largely responsible for the spread of the pandemic.
How to curtail XDR-TB spread in hospitals
Measures to reduce the spread of XDR-TB in hospital settings, the continuous poaching of African nurses by the West and Russia'€™s raging HIV epidemic are some of the stories in the latest Centers for Disease Control Update.
Africa faces cancer ‘€˜catastrophy’€™
Experts warn of impending crisis in health systems geared towards epidemics not diseases such as cancer.
Africans meet to discuss cancer
One of the biggest killers in Africa, but often overlooked in the age of AIDS, cancer will be the focus this week when experts gather for the 6th International Congress of African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) meeting in Cape Town.
Israeli docs help Swaziland to circumcise
Israeli doctors will be traveling to Swaziland for two week stints to assist in a mass circumcision campaign in the hope of curbing the spread of HIV. This and other stories are contained in the latest Centers for Disease Control HIV, Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention newsletter.
Some progress on XDR front
South African scientists have made a breakthrough which could help to understand how the XDR TB strain is resistant to drugs. Read highlights from the latest CDC Prevention Update here.