HIV testing campaign postponed
The official launch of the national HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign has been postponed, the Presidency has announced.
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Statement from Jacob Zuma on undertaking an HIV test
President Jacob Zuma has announced the postponement of a massive HIV testing campaign that was set to start on 15 April as it collided with scheduled working visits to Brazil and the US. He said new dates for the campaign would be announced soon.
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Department ready to implement new HIV/Aids treatment plan
Gauteng clinics and hospitals are ready to start implementing new HIV and AIDS treatment guidelines on Thursday April 1.
Read More » Department ready to implement new HIV/Aids treatment planART Guidelines updated
South Africa's antiretroviral treatment guidelines have been updated. The guidelines offer a range of improvements over the 2004 guidelines including new, more tolerable antiretrovirals, immediate ARV treatment for drug-resistant TB patients and improved prevention of mother to child transmission procedures.
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Minister launches major testing campaign
We are ready to tackle HIV and AIDS! That was the gist of Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's address today (25 March) when he announced plans for a massive national HIV counseling and testing campaign which aims to reach 15 million South Africans. The Minister also spoke about plans with regard to the rollout of new guidelines for AIDS and TB treatment, due for implementation at the beginning of April.
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‘Together we can kick TB out of Khayelitsha”
MSF, TAC, City of Cape Town, and Western Cape Province Department of Health show decentralised integrated TB/HIV care results in improved outcomes.
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Quackery taken to task
OPINION:Nathan Geffen's book Debunking Delusions reminds us what can go wrong when AIDS denialists are given the time of day. The book also documents clearly how we can fight denialism in a manner that saves lives and respects science. What is clear given the resurgence of AIDS denialist propaganda is that now is not the time to sit back.
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Elton John gives £1m to SA project
Sir Elton John today (23 March) announced from Cape Town, South Africa, the granting of a £984,000 award to mothers2mothers (m2m) to be used to help prevent hundreds of thousands of babies across Africa from contracting HIV and empowering mothers living with HIV.
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Rift Valley Fever ‘ 22 cases confirmed
As of 15 March 2010, 21 human laboratory confirmed cases of River Valley Fever (RVF) have been reported in the Free State with two deaths. This brings a total to 22 human cases of RVF in South Africa, with one in the Northern Cape.
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MCC blocking access to lifesaving meds ‘ HIV clinicians
HIV stakeholders are calling on the Medicines Control Council (MCC) to speed up the registration of critical anti-HIV medication or face legal action. The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society has sent an appeal to the health minister to intervene and address the MCC registration process which they describe as the single biggest obstacle to getting affordable access to medicines.
Read More » MCC blocking access to lifesaving meds ‘ HIV cliniciansKhayelitsha holds some of the answers
OPINION: : Even if Zuma's World AIDS Day speech is matched with sufficient budget allocation, innovative models of providing HIV and TB care will be needed to achieve the targets of the National Strategic Plan. Lesley Odendal reflects on the lessons learnt in Khayelitsha's HIV and TB project as a window into the future.
Read More » Khayelitsha holds some of the answersTAC questions Zuma’s leadership on AIDS
The Treatment Action Campaign explains why it is important for Zuma to show leadership and take responsibility for himself, for those around him and for South Africa when it comes to preventing HIV.
Read More » TAC questions Zuma’s leadership on AIDSWhy we need a competitive ARV tender
The Budget and Expenditure Monitoring Forum recently held its second meeting and focused on the upcoming antiretroviral tender and the need to ensure that it is structured and run in a manner that enables the state to procure an adequate supply of appropriate medicines at the lowest possible prices.
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Condom awareness campaign intensifies
KIGALI: (PlusNews) - Doreen Uwimana, in her early 20s, carries condoms in her bag even when she goes to classes at a college in an upmarket suburb of the Rwandan capital, Kigali.
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New ARV tender taking shape
The health department is redesigning the new ARV tender in the hope of procuring cheaper antiretroviral medicine amid claims that South Africa is paying around 30% more than the global rate for the drugs.
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