EC health department takes over largest HIV rural programme
One of the country's largest rural HIV/AIDS programmes was officially handed over to the Eastern Cape health department on Thursday in a ceremony held in Lusikisiki.
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TB programme a failure because patients ‘not educated’
Government's TB programme is failing because it has not educated patients about their treatment in the way that HIV patients have been educated.
Activist journalist gunned down
Aids activists and journalists are mourning the death of Omololu Falobi, founding member and the director of Journalists against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria. He died from injuries sustained in an armed robbery on Thursday.
‘Work it out for yourself’
Less than a quarter of young people between 15 and 24 have ever tested for HIV, according to research by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Human Sciences Research Council. Now, popular jeans label Levis Strauss is making an effort to get the 'Know Your HIV Status' message to appeal to the youth.
Rath apology
On 23 July, Health-e wrote an article about Dr Matthais Rath's court case in Germany, based on a report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The BMJ this week retracted the story. As result, Health-e has removed the story from its website and apologises to Dr Rath for publishing the allegations.
AIDS overload in a mining town
Hospital in the midst of mining area is over-burdened by AIDS.
Battlefield of the 21st Century
Natalspruit Hospital's wards used to resemble a battlefield as healthworkers treated those wounded in political battles on the East Rand in the 1980s. Now healthworkers are confronted with another struggle as they are overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people seeking treatment for HIV and Aids.
AIDS fills beds of hospital Living with AIDS # 277
Over a 12-year period, AIDS cases have replaced gun-shot and stab wounds at Natalspruit Hospital. The increase in the demand for beds due to AIDS-related complications is resulting in the squeezing out of other essential hospital services. Health care workers at Natalspruit Hospital talk about the impact of AIDS on the facility.
Lone ANC MP supports TAC campaign
African National Congress Member of Parliament Ben Turok cut a lone figure among the 400 odd plastic chairs in front of Parliament's gates yesterday where Aids activists staged a 'people's parliament'.
Parenting a disabled child
South African society does not know how to deal with those who are disabled and the challenges that families with disabled children face are virtually never spoken about. A photographer and three researchers are trying to break the ice.
Impact of XDR-TB on HIV
Living with AIDS # 276
The deadly strain of extremely drug resistant TB has reared its head in Gauteng. Experts fear that the outbreak ' first detected in KwaZulu-Natal - is a potential killer, particularly for people living with AIDS. There are concerns that it also places South Africa's AIDS treatment programme at enormous risk.
Living with AIDS # 276
Mental disorders widespread in people with HIV
HIV often affects the mental health of people living with the virus. Yet many health workers are either unaware of this or too busy to do anything about it.
The media & Manto
Living with AIDS # 274
At the recent International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, the South African media's attention was focussed on Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and her campaign to promote alternative methods in the treatment of AIDS. But was the attention the media gave to the matter useful?
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‘Fire Manto’ campaign gains momentum
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) battle to oust health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has gained backing from six political parties.
How to grow your own nurses
Almost 10 years ago Eben Donges Hospital in Worcester acknowledged a looming nursing crisis and established a groundbreaking learnership programme that has uplifted the community and averted massive nursing vacancies.