Medicine price transparency is a sticky issue at WHA
The World Health Assembly reports that universal health coverage is gaining momentum, but many governments are intent on keeping their medicine prices secret.
Despite side-effects, docs promote old TB treatment
At a recent international TB conference, some doctors suggested countries with weak health systems should not be allowed to use new TB drugs, although the old ones are ineffectual and cause deafness. Thankfully, South Africa is leading the world in treating drug-resistant TB.
Posted in: Opinion & Commentary
Rape drives HIV and depression
Sexual violence plays a significant role in HIV infection and depression, according to ground-breaking research with women living in Rustenburg.
Posted in: News
Rape: Women are suffering in silence
South Africa’s rape rate is so high that it is akin to a country at war. But many women are suffering in silence, without counselling or treatment that can protect them from HIV.
Posted in: Sexual Violence
AIDS progress is a good story
COMMENT: Amid a growing list of government blunders, the one good story to tell is the progress that the Zuma administration has made against AIDS – but the war has not yet been won.
Posted in: HIV and AIDS, Opinion & Commentary