Treating HIV positive people when their CD4 counts are above 200 is not only lifesaving, but also more cost effective, University of Cape Town Professor Robin Wood told a conference in Johannesburg.
Bonitas's decision to courier antiretroviral drugs to its members is 'unacceptable', says TAC.
A review of Uganda's HIVNET 012 drug study has found Nevirapine to be effective and safe in preventing HIV transmission from mother to unborn child.
At the first public forum to discuss the antiretroviral rollout, healthworkers are blunt about their problems.
Several private sector pharmacies have run out of the Glaxo-Smith-Kline drug 3TC, an anti-retroviral drug used in combination with others. Indications are that GSK is struggling to meet demand.
The health department has announced with great fanfare that it 'met its target' for the year with at least one anti-retroviral service point in each of the 53 districts.
As South Africa joins the world in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the commitments made at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing this week, the threat posed by HIV/AIDS to women's development, particularly in the developing world, continues to grow. Health-e, reports.
After the post remained vacant for a couple of months, the national Department of Health now has a new Chief Director for the HIV and AIDS, TB and STI's cluster. Dr Nomonde Xundu's appointment comes at a crucial time when implementation of the Care and Treatment Plan for HIV and AIDS needs to be strengthened. A bit uncomfortable, she spoke to Health-e about what work awaits her.
It's been a month since she's been the national Chief Director of the HIV and AIDS, TB and STI's cluster. Dr Nomonde Xundu admits that she comes to the job at a time when 'a lot of work has been done already'. Her predecessor Dr Nono Simelela, left the post late last year after a perceived 'frustration' at the government's slow pace in ensuring treatment for people living with HIV and AIDS. In this report, we find out who Dr Nomonde Xundu is.
First, the Catholic Church charged that they encourage immoral sexual behaviour and that they actually contribute to the spread of HIV. Now IFP leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi says 'if we rely on a piece of rubber for our salvation, then we are already doomed'. Health-e News Service, explores the issue.
The Ministry of Health has ordered that all references to the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), gays and pictures of Patricia de Lille and Judge Edwin Cameron be removed from a 'toolkit' aimed at empowering people living with HIV/AIDS.
SABC 1 will from this Monday air a two-part documentary, Law and Freedom, narrated and directed by Zackie Achmat, leader of the Treatment Action Campaign, a movement that has brought about significant change via the courts.
A leading scientific journal has criticised Government for being defensive over deaths from HIV/AIDS and urged it to show backbone and courage in tackling "the crisis of its people".
New research suggests that starting antiretroviral therapy while the immune system is still relatively strong rather than at the later stages of HIV infection could be beneficial. Up to so far, guidelines on AIDS treatment require that ARV's should be started when a person's CD 4 cell-count reaches the clinically crucial 200 mark or less. Health-e News Service, reports.
Four pioneering doctors who encountered the first cases of HIV and Aids in South Africa look back on the epidemic.
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