TORONTO ' Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang opened South Africa's Khomanani exhibition at the World AIDS Conference with her much criticized recipe of lemon, garlic and beetroot ruffling feathers.
TORONTO - Pairing a common tuberculosis (TB) drug with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is more effective than either therapy on its own at preventing full-blown TB disease in people with HIV.
Pregnant women aged between 25 and 29, living in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Gauteng are worst affected by HIV.
The 'I didn't have a condom' excuse could soon be unheard of if the marketing of an innovative underwear brand succeeds. The underwear features a unique pocket that can carry up to three condoms ' for use at opportune times.
South African kids will soon be able to get vaccinated against one of the most common causes of severe diarrhoea
Two weeks ago we reported on the findings of a study suggesting that circumcised men are at a reduced risk of contracting HIV. Some of our audience found the claims 'disturbing and confusing'. This week, we try to answer some of the questions.
During winter, many people will need donated blood for medical reasons. But the needle prick involved in drawing blood scares potential donors away. At the same time, blood recipients often worry about contracting infections, including HIV, through a transfusion. But the South African National Blood Service maintains that donated blood is safe.
Mass messages of HIV prevention are not as effective as face-to-face contact. So, the government's HIV and AIDS communication programme, Khomanani, has taken to making home visits to deliver the message. We went to Parys, in the Free State, to see Khomanani in action.
In times of trouble some of us find it much easier to speak to a total stranger for advice. Counsellors, in the form of psychologists, social workers and others, are often the strangers we confide in. In the area of HIV and AIDS, these professionals often play an invaluable role. Nditsheni Ratshitanga is a counsellor with the youth health awareness programme, loveLife.
National and international efforts to prevent escalating HIV infection rates have yielded very little results. This reality has spurred the African Union into declaring 2006 as the Year of Accelerating Access to HIV Prevention in Africa.
They say in life situations come and go. But when myths around HIV and AIDS come, do they really go away? If they persist, what effect do they have on people and their perception of HIV risk and prevention?
Desperate AIDS patients buy expensive concoction, but researchers say there is no proof that it works
Using their last rands, patients keep returning to the hospital in the hope that it will be their turn to get medication, but the pharmacist is only dispensing for 10 patients a week.
The death toll of people living with AIDS is increasing on a daily basis in Mthatha and the surrounding rural areas in the Eastern Cape. Those who're dying are in desperate need of antiretrovirals.
Changes in sexual behaviour seem to be behind the dramatic drop in HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe, according to researchers
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