Will an HIV vaccine be found?
An HIV vaccine is possible, but it will take some time before it's discovered, says the head of the HIV/AIDS Research Unit at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Prof. Lynn Morris.
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The only remaining hope in microbicide research
Results of the Carraguard clinical trial - the first microbicide candidate to complete a Phase 111 trial ' are expected to be released in a few weeks' time.
Behaviour change sure way to guard against HIV
The focus of this year's World AIDS Day is on leadership, with the slogans 'Take the lead. Stop AIDS. Keep the promise'. And a key emphasis is on how individuals can lead the response against AIDS.
Pension day becomes VCT day
Madwaleni Hospital, in rural Mbashe just outside Mtata, in the Eastern Cape has come up with a new strategy to get more people to come for HIV testing. It takes testing services to the people.
Possible new TB drugs ‘ after 40 year wait
An antibiotic commonly used to treat chest infections may be the world's new weapon against tuberculosis, and the first new TB drug in 40 years.
MDR TB patient survives despite health system’s failures
Clinic fails to test her for TB, Brooklyn refuses to admit her and doctor advises an abortion but Busi Beko and her daughter survive MDR TB.
Cheaper TB diagnostics for SA and other high burden countries
South Africa and 38 other countries with high-burdens of tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from a pricing agreement that will see the introduction of a test that is set to initiate a dramatic decrease in the time it takes to test for TB and multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB.
TB and HIV treatment must be integrated
TB stakeholders sets four key tasks to contain southern Africa's TB-HIV epidemic.
MDR TB patients need to be treated in communities, not locked in hospitals
Activist group opposes locking MDR and XDR patients in hospital wards as there are too many patients for health authorities to cope with.
‘Breast man’ should have been better monitored
The Mpumalanga man who grew breasts as a side-effect of being on antiretroviral drugs was not properly monitored by healthworkers, according to HIV experts.
Settlement on Westville case delaying Living with AIDS # 328
Differences between government and AIDS activists are slowing down efforts to reach agreement on a comprehensive plan for HIV and AIDS in prisons.
Abandoned in need
Overburdened home-based carers are being forced to step in as sick people are abandoned by their families
Rape in male prisons goes unreported Living with AIDS # 327
A new study looking at violence and sexual aggression in a Gauteng youth male correctional facility shows that many prison rapes go unreported. This makes HIV infection among rape survivors a real threat.
A further setback as more condoms recalled
The Health Department has recalled millions of male condoms it supplies annually after further testing revealed even more of the barriers were of inferior quality.
Doctor’s conscience in court Living with AIDS # 326
After what he calls 'many years of government stalling', this week the Labour Court finally heard the case of a former Mpumalanga doctor. Dr Malcolm Naude is challenging the Mpumalanga Department of Health for dismissing him, he alleges, on the grounds that he provided antiretroviral treatment to rape survivors.