Tara Klamp not to used outside KZN
The government will not be using the controversial Tara Klamp device to circumcise men outside of KwaZulu-Natal, according to health Deputy Director General Dr Yogan Pillay.
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New policy saves thousands of babies from HIV
Government has slashed the HIV transmission rate from pregnant mothers to their babies to merely 3.5 percent, potentially sparing some 67 000 babies from HIV infection.
Eight out of 10 ARV patients alive 5 years later
DURBAN - Despite under-reporting of deaths more than 80% of patients on antiretrovirals (ARVs) in South Africa are still alive five years into their treatment programme.
What works
DURBAN - South Africa is making real progress in shifting HIV treatment delivery to lower levels of health workers, enabling more patients to be reached.
Charting a new course for HIV and TB
DURBAN '€“ South Africa needs to formulate a truly strategic HIV/AIDS and TB plan rather than an unstrategic wish-list when writing the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2012-2016, Mark Heywood told delegates at the 5th South African AIDS Conference this week.
Guidelines for safe pregnancy in era of HIV
HIV Clinicians this week released a set of groundbreaking consensus guidelines for clinicians who assist HIV positive individual and couples wishing to fall pregnant.
Plans to support microbicide trial
Since the discovery last year that a vaginal gel containing an antiretroviral called tenofovir can protect women from HIV, scientists have been working hard to support and fast-track the results.
Govt ready to treat all people with CD4 of 350
On the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS, the SA health department is ready to give antiretroviral medication to all those with CD4 counts of 350 and below.
Common problems with condoms
Male condoms are a widely used HIV preventative measure in South Africa. However, even though male condoms may seem relatively easy to use, they often present problems such as breaking and slipping off.
ARV shortage in Gauteng
Some Gauteng clinics have recently experienced shortages of critical antiretroviral drugs placing patients at risk of developing resistance to their treatment.
Study shows ARVs can protect the uninfected
A multi-national study shows that if an HIV-positive person starts taking antiretroviral therapy early on, that is, when their CD 4 count is still high, their chances of infecting their HIV-negative partner can decrease by as much as 96%.
SANAC tackles TB Living with AIDS # 472
The extent of tuberculosis and HIV co-infection rates in South Africa has firmly placed tuberculosis on the agenda of the South African National AIDS Council. This, after studies have shown that in some parts of the country, like in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape for example, about 73% of HIV-infected people also have TB.
HIV prevention trial stopped after it fails to make progress
A clinical trial aimed at investigating whether an antiretroviral pill a day could prevent women from getting HIV was abandoned yesterday (Mon 18 April).
Poor response to TB & HIV Living with AIDS # 468
Despite widely acknowledging that in some parts of the country like Khayelitsha in the Western Cape, about 73% of people with HIV also have Tuberculosis, Health Department programmes have failed to screen HIV-positive people for TB and to protect them from getting the bacterial infection.
TB diagnosis dire for children
TB can hold serious physical and psychological consequences for those who are infected, and for children the diagnosis is often even bleaker. Dipuo Sedibe of Health-e News Service spent a day with a group of youngsters and their carers at Brooklyn Chest Hospital in Cape Town.