Industry opposes smoking curbs
The tobacco industry is trying to convince Parliament not to adopt more smoking controls at hearings on the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill of 2006.
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The year of hope
Living with AIDS # 289
Last year closed with renewed hope about South Africa's direction on AIDS policy. The National AIDS Council was reconstituted and it is in the process of drawing up a new plan to tackle AIDS over the next five years. We speak to Dr Nomonde Xundu, Cluster Manager of the HIV/AIDS, TB and STIs unit in the national Department of Health about this development.
Living with AIDS # 289
KZN MEC makes history with public HIV test
Health MEC decides to 'lead by example' at launch of provincial HIV testing campaign.
‘No evidence’ grants are interfering with treatment
Government research has poured cold water on claims that people are reluctant to take medicine in case they lose their disability grants and that child support grants encourage teenage girls to fall pregnant.
The way things should be
Living with AIDS # 288
As the year draws to a close, there is still uncertainty over HIV and AIDS in government circles. In a move that could put her on the firing line, the Deputy Health Minister has dared to criticise both Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, and President Thabo Mbeki.
Living with AIDS # 288
Determining a viable dispensing fee
Professor Di McIntyre, chair of government's Pricing Committee, tasked with determining a viable dispensing fee for pharmacists, spoke exclusively to Health-e.
Stanger Hospital at the coal face
Forty-nine frozen bodies, some as tiny as chickens, are trussed up in white plastic in cold storage in Stanger Hospital's morgue.
From trauma to Aids
Tambo Memorial Hospital on Gauteng's East Rand used to be over-burdened by alcohol related trauma cases. Today the pressure is primarily related to HIV and AIDS.
People like Linda Hlahatsi are doing their best to support those with TB and HIV
Linda Hlahatsi is a prime example of the kind of health workers this country needs to train and retain.
Gauteng is doing well ‘ but HIV infections continue to grow
Gauteng has the most extensive provincial HIV/AIDS programme in the country, and has more than tripled the number of people on antiretroviral drugs in the past year alone.
Hospitals overwhelmed by dying AIDS patients
The elderly woman, her thinning grey hair swept into a tiny ponytail, kicks her feet under the blue hospital blanket and lets out a long moan. She rocks her head from side to side and wails quietly, before turning onto her side.
Tips for nurses Living with AIDS # 285
Nurses are at the forefront of providing care for HIV-infected patients. A new book, 'The Pocket Guide for HIV and AIDS Nursing Care', aims to sharpen their knowledge and skills as well as address nurses' own struggles with AIDS.
The deputy health minister offers a ray of hope after years of garlic and beetroot
With the health minister out of the limelight due to illness, her deputy, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, has stepped out of the shadows with a fresh take on HIV/AIDS.
Q&A with the Deputy Health Minister
Kerry Cullinan speaks to the Deputy Health Minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge.
Beetroot gets the boot as government drafts new HIV plan
Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge talks to Kerry Cullinan about government's 'new energy' on HIV/AIDS