Widespread condemnation of deputy health minister’€™s dismissal
Internationally and at home, a range of reputable organisations have condemned Thabo Mbeki's decision to remove the deputy who built bridges with civil society and scientists
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Implementation of AIDS plan could be faster, admits Deputy President
While there was urgency around the development of the New Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS, there has been a marked slowdown in its implementation
Cancer can be beaten
Healthy lifestyle, screening and testing can help prevent cancer.
The Health Minister’€™s charm offensive Living with AIDS # 317
At the recent official launch of the Department of Health'€™s antenatal HIV survey, the Minister of Health Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, quite uncharacteristically invited the media to ask any questions to the department'€™s officials who were present. We share some of these questions and answers with you.
What’€™s the fore-skin got to do with it? Living with AIDS # 315
Three studies conducted in Africa, which suggest that medical male circumcision can reduce men'€™s risk of contracting HIV, have reinvigorated the hype around HIV prevention. But for some, the finding raises even more concerns.
Fact: The national rate for stillbirths is a disgrace
The political furore about Frere Hospital obscures one vital fact: our stillbirth, perinatal and neonatal death rates are unacceptably high
Young girls used as sex workers
A Khayelitsha woman and her young boyfriend are facing child trafficking and rape-related charges after they ran a brothel from their shack using girls aged between 10 and 14 years.
Rocking for AIDS treatment
Rock star legend Annie Lennox has gathered 23 fellow female artists for a song which she hopes will give momentum to the urgent need to get South Africans, especially women and children, onto AIDS treatment and raise money for the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).
Pretoria dithers while babies are infected
Despite a number of hospitals being ready to implement 'dual therapy' to prevent mother-to-child HIV infection, the national Department of Health has not yet made it national policy
HIV/AIDS in Ngwavuma
Ngwavuma, in the north of KwaZulu-Natal province near the Swaziland border, has been hard-hit by HIV/AIDS. The resulting problem is the increase of children-headed households.
An opportunity to find love Living with AIDS # 313
In 2003, Ben Sassman, a Capetonian now living in Johannesburg, dug deep into his own pocket and started the world'€™s first ever dating site for people living with HIV. Four years later, despite few financial resources, the site continues to connect those seeking love and acceptance in a world that constantly rejects them.
Orphan turns the table on misfortune
Ten years after being orphaned, Nathi Ndlazi has made a remarkable success of his life.
Improved pneumonia vaccine, but not for poor
The high cost of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)-which fights the bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis in young children - makes it inaccessible to the poor.
Self-less gogos Living with AIDS # 312
They should have given up working long ago and now be enjoying their retirement after careers spanning more than 60 years combined. But retired nursing sister Mrs Seabela and Mrs Khumalo, a retired social worker, have come back from retirement to help the sick, especially those with AIDS.
AIDS ‘€“ a new way to access govt grant? Living with AIDS # 311
Debate is raging about some people using unconventional methods to access the government'€™s social grants. Some claim that a number of people with AIDS, who upon severe illness can qualify for a temporary disability grant, stop taking their antiretrovirals out of fear that they might forfeit the grants once their state of health improves.