Malaria & HIV Living with AIDS # 514
Malaria symptoms are often mistaken for the common flu and many people leave them unchecked. This often leads to severe illness and death, especially in people who have HIV.
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SA exceeds NSP targets
One third of all HIV infected South Africans are accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART), far exceeding the enrolment targets of the country's National Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2007 to 2011.
Activists call for new TB machine costs to be dropped
Activists have sent another letter to Cepheid, the manufacturer of the revolutionary GeneXpert multi-drug resistant TB diagnostic machine, urging them to bring down the price of their products so that more people can access this lifesaving test.
KZN rolls out dodgy circumcision Klamp despite questions
HIV activists and senior doctors have called for an urgent investigation into the continued rollout of a controversial male circumcision device in KwaZulu-Natal.
National immunisation drive
Pretoria - The Department of Health has called on parents and caregivers to take their children for their immunisations against pneumococcal diseases during a four-month Catch-Up immunisation campaign.
SADC countries battling to reach HIV positive people
Only one in three Mozambicans, Tanzanians and Zimbabweans who need antiretroviral medicine are getting it, according to new research.
Happy holidays
Health-e is taking a healthy break from December 23 until January 9. Thanks for the all the support in 2011, stay healthy and see you all in 2012!
Test, treat ‘ and keep on treatment
Antiretroviral medicine can play a huge part in preventing positive people from transmitting the virus ' but only if they keep their viral loads undetectable.
An inevitable truth about HIV
OPINION: Reducing the number of partners and using condoms are still the most effective ways to prevent the spread of HIV. By Richard Delate.
An expanded arsenal against HIV ‘ but money short to implement it
For the first time, the global AIDS community is talking about stopping the AIDS within a couple of decades ' and it seems possible.
Sex with HIV positive person on ARVs is safe
The early treatment of people with HIV massively reduces their infectiousness and gives the world our first real opportunity to halt the HIV epidemic.
Microbicide failure a huge blow to HIV prevention
In a huge blow to HIV prevention, a major trial of a vaginal gel expected to protect women was stopped on Friday (25 Nov) after it was found to have no effect on preventing HIV.
This result was unexpected and contradicted an earlier trial of the same vaginal gel, called a microbicide, containing the antiretroviral tenofovir.
Doing nice things for men who have sex with men
Working up the courage to discuss your sex life with a health worker is challenging at the best of times. For men who have sex with men and transgender women, it's simply too tough to contemplate and many of them simply decline seeking healthcare or delay until it is too late. A clinic in Cape Town is changing that.
TAC facing closure
THE TREATMENT Action Campaign may be forced to close its doors in January because of a lack of funding.
UNAIDS upbeat about AIDS retreat
The AIDS epidemic is in decline and if countries 'invest smartly' in a few key interventions, they can achieve 'substantial and sustainable progress' against HIV.