Volunteering is no longer just for those with time and money to spare, it can be a major social force and will become a necessity in order to care for people with HIV/AIDS, says the director of The Volunteer Centre in Cape Town, Joan Daries.
Read More » Volunteers make all the differenceA cheap prophylaxis drug, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) cotrimoxazole, has shown to prevent the unnecessary death of many HIV infected infants who succumb to a deadly strain of pneumonia, according to University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers.
Read More » Cheap drug could reduce mortality in HIV infected infantsThe 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health currently underway in Chicago has honoured the South African health ministry for its leadership in tobacco control.
Read More » S A wins Anti-Tobacco AwardUniversity of Cape Town researchers have found a less invasive and more reliable method of confirming pulmonary tuberculosis in infants and young children, especially those who are HIV infected.
Read More » More reliable method to diagnose TB in young childrenFor many young people, resigned to a life with few opportunities and a future without promise, sex is one of life?s few pleasures. But their lack of faith in the future means that many are not bothering to practice safe sex.
Read More » Safe sex undermined by pessimismThe Chamber of Milling, a body representing the maize and flour industry, has come out in support of moves by Government to enrich the staple foods of South Africans, such as maize meal, bread flour and possibly sugar despite concerns over the cost implications.
Read More » Industry in support of plans to fortify staple foodsSouth Africa is considering enriching staple foods such as maize meal, bread flour and possibly sugar following the finding of a health department survey that one in five children between the ages of one and nine years is stunted.
Read More » Adding weight to staple foods may add height to SA childrenThe Compensation Commissioner'€™s Office has been strongly criticised for the time it takes to settle workers'€™ occupational health claims. Some say this is the fault of companies that obstruct the commission'€™s work, but regardless of where the blame lies, it is workers like Derick Wolfaardt who suffer the consequences. Jo Stein reports.
Read More » Workers’€™ compensation ‘€“ too little, too late
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) is heading for a showdown with the government if it does not approve the use of Nevirapine to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV. The question of giving Nevirapine to pregnant women is on the agenda for the next MINMEC meeting on August 12 when the Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is scheduled to meet with the provincial MECs for health.
Read More » Nevirapine ‘€“ when will we decide?Ella and Paul Hartley's lifestyle characterises the lifestyle of many South African middle-class whites. Their neat small home is in Sasolburg's suburbia. They have three children. He works, she is a housewife and they have two pet dogs. By Cecelia Russel.
Read More » Beyond statistics
AIDS pandemic forces communities to confront two of the world's most uncomfortable taboos: death and sex, conference learns.
Read More » The conference of death
Nelson Mandela has joined the powerful chorus of voices appealing to government to approve "large-scale actions for PMTC" at the close of the international AIDS conference in Durban.
Read More » Durban 2000 where to now?Gail Johnson adopted Nkosi Johnson when he was three years old. Despite being HIV positive, Nkosi is now eleven. Nkosi dreamed the other night that a voice told him he must die. When Gail asked him if he wanted to die, Nkosi said, "No, not yet." "Well then," replied Gail, "We'€™ve got to fight."
Read More » Talking to HIV positive children about death and dyingDURBAN- "The challenge is to move from rhetoric to action," said Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the AIDS 2000 conference, as he underlined the importance of safer sex, the use of condoms and interventions to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.
Read More » MandelaDURBAN- "The challenge is to move from rhetoric to action," said Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the AIDS 2000 conference, as he underlined the importance of safer sex, the use of condoms and interventions to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.
Read More » Mandela stills the tormented hearts of South Africans