Africa faces cancer ‘€˜catastrophy’€™
Experts warn of impending crisis in health systems geared towards epidemics not diseases such as cancer.
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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.
Doctor wants to obey Hippocrates not government policy
The case of dismissed Mpumalanga doctor Malcolm Naude could have wide implications for all doctors working in the public sector.
Public health crisis in South Africa is more just TB and HIV
South Africa's public health crisis is deep-rooted in systemic problems and progress will require far-sighted, sustainable solutions, is the argument in Critical Health Perspectives, a publication of the People'€™s Health Movement. By David Pienaar.
Doctor challenges ‘€˜unfair’€™ dismissal from Mpumalanga
A Mpumalanga doctor has turned to the Labour Court to challenge what he says was unfair dismissal by the Mpumalanga health department in 2001 for treating rape survivors.
DA urges Manto to look in the mirror
Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang described as disturbing the photograph of three babies in a cardboard box at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital while the DA urged her to "look in the mirror" if she wanted to know who to blame.
Infant malaria vaccine is promising
Initial findings from studies to test a malaria vaccine in African infants are promising, conclude authors of an article published in the Lancet.
New ARV approved in the US
The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News Update reports on a new antiretroviral drug to help drug-resistant patients, the importance of treating Chlamydia and the re-appearance of Kaposi'€™s sarcoma in the US.
Size should matter
A new ARV drug, a dramatic upswing in HIV infection in Australia and the importance of considering size when manufacturing condoms are some of the articles in the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News Update.
Poor health system hits the poor hard’€“ SAHRC
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says poor communities are hardest hit by poor infrastructure and the shortage of staff in the public health care system.
War diverting money from the real issues
The cost of wars in Africa over the last 15 years could solve the HIV/AIDS crisis, prevent TB and malaria, or provide clean water, sanitation and education for the continent, an Oxfam report has found.
Bernstein a boost for vaccine search
The search for an HIV vaccine has been given a significant boost with the appointment of Dr Alan Bernstein to head the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise (GHVE).
South Africans suffer high rate of substance-linked mental disorders
South Africa has a serious problem with mental disorders linked to substance abuse, according to the first stress and health study released yesterday (Wednesday).