HIV treatment

Birth defects fears prompt warnings about new ARV

News

Within a week the "revolutionary" new HIV drug dolutegravir has gone from panacea to pariah. Recent data from a Botswana study linking the drug to birth defects has seen the highest international health bodies issuing public warnings.

Amy Green
May 28, 2018

Medication shortages at Gauteng facilities

Limpopo Health cuts ties with ARVs distributor

Health, News, Our Health

LIMPOPO - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be monitoring the readiness of public health facilities in Moutse before the Department of Health begins the process of transferring HIV patients from the Ndlovu Care Group into public health facilities of their choice.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
May 22, 2018

New medicine dispensing model a hit in Mpumalanga

News, Our Health

The new, recently introduced Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) programme for patients on antiretrovirals and other chronic medication has already proven to be a major benefit.

cynthiamaseko
January 25, 2018

Miracle HIV cure man visits SA

Health

Timothy Ray Brown is one in 70 million – the only person in the world who has been cured of HIV.

kerrycullinan
September 12, 2017

World on track to meet HIV goals – UNAIDS

News

We are closer than ever before to ending AIDS but there is much still to do, according to a new report.

Amy Green
July 20, 2017

ADVANCE HIV study set to save SA billions

Health

A new HIV drug combination could save SA billions of rands – plus it would be easier and safer for patients to take.

Amy Green
January 17, 2017

Testing positive for HIV when pregnant is not a life sentence

Health, Our Health

While women who test positive for HIV after discovering they are pregnant find the discovery difficult to accept, there is treatment available and they can still lead a full and normal life along with their child.

Bontle Motsoeneng
August 24, 2016

Code red: AIDS activists march for treatment for all

Health, News

The world should not talk about the end of AIDS while 20 million people don't have treatment, said activists who handed a memorandum to the UN's Ban Ki-Moon in Durban on Monday.

Amy Green
July 19, 2016

Gauteng doubles HIV treatment numbers

Health, Health Systems, Women's Health

Gauteng’s HIV treatment programme is flourishing, and the province has more than doubled the number of adults on antiretroviral (ARV) medication in a single year.

kerrycullinan
October 29, 2013

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