#AIDS2020VIRTUAL: Setting the path for new HIV targets
All countries should set the same 2025 goals to work towards eradicating HIV in the next ten years.
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#Aids2020Virtual: How to improve PrEP delivery
The lesson taken from the Covid-19 pandemic to treating HIV/Aids is to make delivery of medication simpler and diverse to save more lives.
Gains in battle against HIV under threat
UNAIDS says the 90-90-90 targets for 2020 will not be met, citing COVID-19 as a major contributor to the delays
#AIDS2020Virtual:Impact of COVID19 on HIV services a worry
The world’s largest conference on HIV opened today in a special virtual format due to COVID-19. It kicked off with a focus on the links between the two viruses, and a recognition of global debates around racism.
“London Patient” HIV free for 34-months now
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#CoronavirusSA: Allegations of expired food and poor hygiene at Nasrec quarantine site
Covid-19 patients quarantined at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg allege that the catering company has provided them with expired food, which they say, “makes their [health] situation worse.”
Victim of mesh failure in pain as COVID-19 blocks access to treatment
Victim of botched surgical mesh implant warns against the high-risk procedure.
#Helpafriendout: Community-led project centres nutrition needs
"Growing up, I used to help my grandparents with their small garden where we grew flowers, cabbage and spinach. That's where I developed an interest in farming,” says Amogelang Moroba, chairperson of the Soshanguve-based organisation #Helpafriendout.
Covid-19 research insights excite
Scientists are hard at work learning everything there is to know about coronavirus – and their research could lead to breakthroughs in preventing the spread of Covid-19, reducing mortality rates and improving treatment regimes.
Parents devastated over Covid-19 cases in EC school
Over 200 positive Covid-19 cases have been identified in a boarding school in the Eastern Cape, much to the worry of parents whose children attend the school.
Flu vaccine elusive for some
With the flu season slowly creeping in, South Africans have been advised to get the flu shot to boost their immune systems against influenza and ease the upcoming winter flu burden.
#LockdownSA: Looming food emergency due to structural inequalities
The nutrition challenges facing South Africa are complex and underpinned by historical and current inequalities, while undernutrition coexists with the rising incidence of obesity and non-communicable diseases, say experts.
Covid-19 confirmed at Joburg old age home
Over eighty residents and staff of the Greek Old Age Home in Orange Grove are awaiting the results of their tests after the facility recorded its first case of Covid-19 last week. Due to the backlog of tests being processed nationally, results could take up to 11 days, writes Jamaine Krige.
#CoronavirusSA: Pupils relocated due to lack of sanitation
As schools reopen in South Africa with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, some are failing to meet basic levels of sanitation.