OPINION: The crisis that led to doctors downing their stethoscopes recently was not created in the last two months. This calamity was created over at least 18 months after almost a decade of neglect by former health Minister Manto Tshabalala Msimang.
If government wants to alleviate poverty, it should increase the number of people accessing social grants. This is according to recent submissions by a coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) before the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).
Africa has some of the poorest health systems and the highest burden of diseases in the world, yet there is little research conducted in Africa by Africans to address the challenges. But with the recent launch of a specialized African research centre, that is set to change.
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's male circumcision (MC) research project in Orange Farm outside Johannesburg has circumcised over 9 000 men since January 2008, but are unable to assist men coming from outside their catchment area because of restrictions on the trial conditions.
CAPE TOWN - Scientists attending the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009) yesterday visited Gugulethu where they were shown how state-of-the-art HIV laboratory services could be delivered in the most basic settings.
CAPE TOWN ' Voices warning against moves to decrease and limit spending on health - blaming the financial crisis - are increasing in volume at the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009).
CAPE TOWN ' The world's foremost AIDS scientists last night (Sunday) accused the G8 countries of 'astonishing delinquency', being 'crazy' and 'not just pathetic, but criminal' by failing at their recent meeting in Italy to renew their 2005 Gleneagles commitment to the universal treatment of HIV.
A high level World Health Organisation (WHO) delegation has given South Africa's tuberculosis (TB) programme cautious thumbs up pointing out that the critical integration of TB and HIV services were not satisfactory and that infection control at health facilities was lacking.
There has been a 20 percent increase in maternal deaths between 2005 and 2007, when compared to the previous three-year period, with HIV/AIDS accounting for over 40 percent of the deaths (43.7%).
Edendale Hospital's crisis-wracked HIV treatment programme is getting a massive staff boost to help it cope with the huge community demand for antiretroviral medication.
The Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa this week sent an open letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan outlining their concerns about the current OSD offer.
An international organisation is going to help get Edendale's antiretroviral programme back on its feet, now that the district manager that refused its offers of help has been removed.
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - In the first case of its kind in Botswana, a woman has successfully sued another woman for publicly revealing her HIV status.
JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - The quality of health care, including access to HIV prevention and testing services, depends to a large extent on which of South Africa's 52 districts you happen to live in.
The two most deprived districts in the country are Umzinyathi and Umkhanyekude in KwaZulu-Natal, according to the District Health Barometer (DHB) which was released last night (Monday 6 July).
