Patient incorrectly prescribed HIV medication
When epileptic patient Thabang Madimabi collapsed, he never expected to wake up in hospital and on antiretrovirals (ARVs)  – especially since Madimabi is HIV negative.Â
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Miners win right to pursue class action case
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More than half of South African children left behind
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Opinion: Sex workers essential to meeting new HIV targets
South Africa has committed itself to reaching the world’s latest batch of ambitious targets, but it will not meet them without sex workers, writes Ntokozo Yingwana.
South Africa moves to ‘test and treat’
Any HIV positive person will be able to get antiretroviral medicine irrespective of their CD4 count by September.
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Blood on the floor: Women’s deaths a ‘national emergency’
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Report: Saving Mothers 2011 – 2013
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