It was a process of turning down the heat as South African scientists, health workers, government officials and activists met to clarify recent statements by the Medicines Control Council and the Minister of Health.
Entering the arrivals hall at Bangkok Airport in Thailand, one is greeted by energetic young men and women dressed in cream-white shirts sporting the XV International AIDS Conference's red emblem depicting three elephants to the left of the chest, symbolising unity in the global fight against AIDS.
Incensed by their President's morally-laced speech at the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Ugandan AIDS activists have responded sharply.
Across Africa and in over 100 impoverished nations worldwide, the most vulnerable children - AIDS orphans, girls and the poor - are denied access to education.
HIV/AIDS is a problem that is mainly 'moral, social and economic' rather than a health issue,Ugandan President Yuweri Museveni told delegates at the International AIDS conference in Bangkok.
A poster held high by a Thai activist before the opening of the International AIDS conference in Bangkok summed up the urgency of the situation: 'You talk, we die, AIDS treatment, access now.'
The Medicines Control Council has recommended that nevirapine no longer be the only antiretroviral drug being offered to pregnant HIV positive mothers to prevent them passing the virus on to their newborn babies.
Two leading international health experts have given government's new policy on transparent medicine pricing the thumbs up.
Political prevarication and weak management has hampered the implementation of the Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment for South Africa a new report has found.
Lefapha la naha la tsa bophelo le sa tswa tsebisa mofuta o motjha wa dikgohlopo tse bitswang 'Choice', ka tshepo ya hore bongata ba batho bo tla fetola boitshwaro bo sebedise dikgohlopo. Empa tlalehong e latelang re ithuta hore le ha kgohlopo e ka eba ya mofuta ofe, hoo ha ho tsotellehe ho batho ba ba tshehadi. Ho molemo ke bokgoni ba hore ba tsebe ho ikgethela hore ba etsa thobalano ne neng le ka tsela efe. Le lemoswa hore mabitso a bomme bao re buisanang le bona tlalehong ena ha se a bona a nnete.
Nonqaba Qotoyi was only six years old when her aunt's husband raped her ten years ago. At the age of 12 she was diagnosed with HIV. Now 16 years old, Nonqaba is one of 1000 people on antiretroviral treatment from Medicins San Frontiers in Khayelitsha. Her dream is to live longer and become a doctor to help others with HIV/AIDS.
What makes young people walk hundreds of kilometres to promote no sex before marriage?
Dikgohlopo di teng tse ntjha tse tsejwang ka hore ke 'Choice' tseo lefapha la naha la tsa maphelo di sa tswa di tsebisa setjhabeng. Hona ka mora hore maAfrika Borwa, haholoholo batjha, ba se thabele dikgohlopo tse bileng teng tsa ho hloka lebitso tse sephuthelwaneng se nyatsehang. Tlalehong ena re elellwa hore dintho di ngata tseo kgohlopo e lokelang ho eba tsona ntle le ho fana ka tshireletso feela.
Government and pharmacists squared up in the Cape High Court in June, but should consumers be signing petitions in support of their corner pharmacies or should their biggest concern be whether they are paying a fair price for medicine?
Hospitals and clinics in rural towns of the Northern Cape have teams of dedicated health workers who assist community service health workers. Health-e visited the Garies Primary Health Care Clinic and spoke to Sister Pierrette Rossouw, who says that health care in the region has improved immensely in the past 10 years.
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