The Treatment Action Campaign has sent a letter to President Thabo Mbeki formally requesting that he appoint a judicial commission of inquiry into the presidency and health ministry's involvement in the promotion and testing of Virodene. Read the full letter here as well as a synopsis of the Virodene affair.
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Dance4life is helping learners to campaign against problems at school using dance, drama and singing
There should be a judicial commission of inquiry into the role of President Thabo Mbeki and his officials' in 'experiments on poor African people', according to the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).
A new therapeutic AIDS vaccine trial designed to slow progression to full-blown AIDS is underway.
The 'grandfather' of AIDS, Reuben Sher passed away on Monday morning following post surgery complications.
In Tzaneen, in Limpopo, denial and witchcraft give caregivers a hard time, as families of AIDS patients believe that their illnesses cannot be treated using Western medicines.
After a two-year study, the Academy of Science of South Africa appeals for all orthodox, traditional and alternative medicines to be subjected to the same scientific tests to prove that they can help people with HIV and TB.
The US Secretary of Health - equivalent of our minister of health - praises a dusty semi-rural area in KwaZulu-Natal for its efforts to fight HIV/AIDS.
AIDS activist group, Treatment Action Campaign, has intensified its call to the Department of Health to move from the current policy of offering only a single drug, Nevirapine, in its Prevention-of-Mother-To-Child HIV programme.
The annual national antenatal HIV and Syphilis prevalence survey released by the Department of Health last week, shows a steady decline in new HIV infections in women under the age of 24. However, the report shows a worrying growth in HIV amongst older women aged 30 ' 39.
The High Court in Chennai, India has upheld India's Patents Act in the face of a challenge by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.
A mother lives with the pain of knowing that her only daughter was used as a sex worker by another woman in their community.
Hospice care is often associated with nursing those knocking on death's door. But the long-established view is fast being eroded, as hospices are now able to nurse patients back to life.
The diaphragm contraceptive device does not help to prevent HIV infection, according to the results of a three-year trial published in the Lancet today (Fri 13 July 07).
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