World on track to meet HIV goals – UNAIDS
We are closer than ever before to ending AIDS but there is much still to do, according to a new report.
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ARVs
SA’s new HIV snag: Patients on ART think they’re cured
On the eve of South Africa’s national AIDS conference taking place in Durban this week, Health-e News has found that people are defaulting on their ARVs and posing a risk to others.
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‘I am HIV positive not cursed’
Mpumalanga – A young man, diagnosed with HIV and advised to start anti-retroviral treatment, chose instead to please his family and turn to the church for help.
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KWA-ZULU NATAL – The unaffordable cost of traveling to her local clinic almost 20km away led to a 59-year-old woman defaulting on her medication and ultimately dying.
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Two more arrests for ARV theft at a clinic
Mpumalanga – Months after a lay counsellor’s arrest for medication theft at a clinic outside Nelspruit, two more staffers have been arrested for the same thing.
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ADVANCE HIV study set to save SA billions
A new HIV drug combination could save SA billions of rands – plus it would be easier and safer for patients to take.
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HIV counsellor arrested for stealing ARV’s from clinic
A lay counsellor working for the Department of Health at the Kanyamazane Clinic outside Nelspruit in Mpumalanga appeared in court this week on allegations of stealing medication from the clinic.
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Life of challenges for HIV-positive children
Thousands of children born HIV positive before effective treatment for their pregnant moms are now teenagers and young adults, struggling to negotiate life’s challenges.
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ARVs for HIV negative sex workers
AIDS 2016
It might sound strange, but ARVs can prevent HIV as well as treat it. A new programme using ARVs as pre-exposure prophylaxis was launched recently. Lindiwe Msibi reports...
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Limpopo reassures patients on ARVs
The Limpopo health department says the shortage of antiretroviral medicine in Vuwani clinics is related to a national supply problem rather than violence in the area.
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No ARVs for Vuwani residents
HIV positive patients have not been able to receive their ARVs for over a month following recent violent protests in Limpopo’s Vuwani area
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Palliative care for women living with HIV
This report by the African Palliative Care Association discusses the benefits of palliative care for women living with HIV and provides some case studies of real women who have had experience of palliative care.
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HIV patients denied treatment after document circulated to Gauteng hospitals
At least one Gauteng public hospital has denied HIV treatment to some patients following a newly circulated provincial policy, activists say.
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SA study may pave the way for easier infant HIV treatment
Babies on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment may be able to take breaks from ARVs without compromising their health, sparing them from toxic side effects and drug resistance.
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SA an ‘outstanding model’, says UNAIDS report
South Africa is an “outstanding model” of what can be achieved in the fight against HIV/AIDS, according to Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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