MSM Prep study to kick off in Cape Town
Cape Town researchers have announced plans to launch a pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep) HIV prevention trial among men in the city.
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SA does well with HAART, but too many still dying – study
South Africa'€™s more standardized HIV treatment approach in the public sector is as effective as the more individualized approach in Switzerland a comparative study has shown.
TB is draining resources
DURBAN - South African health workers should become more afraid of tuberculosis (TB) and the impact it is having on health resources and people living with HIV, infectious diseases expert Professor Anton Stoltz has told the opening session of the country'€™s first TB conference.
MDR-TB diagnosed within a day
In a breakthrough which will have a major impact on curbing the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in developing countries, including South Africa, the endemic disease will in future be diagnosed within a day and not the standard two to three months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced.
Government spends billions on ARVs
The Department of Health has awarded tenders valued at over R3-billion for the procurement of antiretroviral drugs over the next two years.
TAC to fight on
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has vowed to continue using the courts to protect those living with HIV. The Cape Town High Court recently ruled in its favor to stop Dr Matthias Rath from conducting unauthorized clinical trials and promoting his multivitamins to people living with AIDS.
The law prevails over Rath Living with AIDS # 354
The Cape High Court'€™s ruling against controversial German vitamin salesman Dr Matthias Rath, last week, is the first decisive action against charlatans who claim they can cure AIDS. This judgement should set a precedent for action against many others.
Health department will not appeal Rath judgment
The health department will not appeal Friday'€™s Cape High Court judgment which ruled that German vitamin seller Matthias Rath'€™s scientific trials were illegal.
HIV prevention research under spotlight
The failure of several clinical trials to find an effective HIV prevention mechanism has prompted the Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, to call for a review of research trials.
MEC hosts bizarre anti-ARV meeting with Manto
The KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC recently hosted a bizarre "HIV information workshop" attended by AIDS denialists and opponents of antiretroviral therapy. The health minister was the keynote speaker.
Where is our HIV prevention campaign?
While science battles to find an HIV vaccine, there have been real advances in the field of HIV prevention. So why isn'€™t South Africa taking advantage of these?
MEC has violated the law and Constitution, claim medical bodies
Health MEC Peggy Nkonyeni has violated public service regulations as well as the Constitution in her attack on Dr Mark Blaylock, claim the SA Medical Association and the AIDS Law Project
So hard to build, so easy to destroy
OPINION: Health MEC Peggy Nkonyeni's attempts to portray Dr Mark Blaylock as a racist threaten to undermine a well-functioning hospital and also undermine the ANC's principle of non-racialism.
Male circumcision and reducing multiple partners the way to go
Top researchers have called for male circumcision and the reduction of multiple sexual partnerships to become the cornerstone of HIV prevention in Africa if a significant impact is to be made on the HIV epidemic.
ARVs reduce mortality in Malawi
In a rare study of mortality before and after ARVs, researchers find a drop in deaths of 10 percent.