TAC 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.
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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.
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.
Health Department approves new HIV treatment guidelines
The national health department has signed off new HIV treatment guidelines, bringing South Africa in line with international best practice and removing a drug responsible for a wide range of side effects.
Herpes treatment not effective in reducing HIV infection
Treating herpes does not reduce the risk of transmitting HIV, a New England Journal of Medicine study has found. The anti-herpes medication is dispensed from all South African Primary Healthcare clinics in the public sector and has been added to the sexually transmitted infection treatment guidelines.
The President and HIV prevention
HIV prevention is based on getting people to change their sexual habits ' but this is a very difficult process as President Zuma has shown.
Annual break
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Making SA a nation that tests Living with AIDS # 416
President Jacob Zuma's announcement last week that he will take a public HIV test will go a long way in boosting a massive HIV testing campaign that will start early next year. This will encourage all South Africans to know their status.
Good news for ART delivery in Africa
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) can be delivered safely in the first year without routine laboratory monitoring for toxic effects, according to an article in The Lancet.
AIDS-free generation within grasp
KwaZulu-Natal has managed to slash HIV transmission from mothers to their newborn babies by almost two thirds -- to seven percent ' since it introduced 'dual therapy'.
This is according to research being released today (Tues 8th) following a huge, year-long study that involved interviewing 38 000 mothers at 347 clinics in six districts in the province.
Mothers tackling the AIDS epidemic
Simple in its design and methodology, yet massive in its impact - the mothers2mothers (m2m) programme is emerging as one of the Aids epidemic's success stories.
From one mother to another
Nomthandazo Mtuta's life story is a powerful testimony to how themothers2mothers (m2m) programme has spared many parents the heartbreak of having to bury their children.
Leaving noticeable footprints
Retired nurses in Soweto have given up their pension days to save lives and help people die in dignity.
The challenge of ARV resistance
Experience from other countries shows that not everyone will respond well to the same antiretroviral drugs. Some will improve, others will not. Those who fail on one or more group of drugs need a replacement. But the current pool of ARV drugs in the public sector offers no alternative.
WHO recommends ARVs during breastfeeding
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new recommendations on HIV treatment and prevention and for the first time recommended that HIV-positive mothers or their infants take antiretrovirals while breastfeeding to prevent HIV transmission.