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Survivors and activists demand increased action against TB
By Amy Green, November 4, 2019

Survivors and activists demand increased action against TB

While the almost 70% price reduction in important tuberculosis prevention drug Rifapentine for 100 countries with significant TB epidemics is a breakthrough, the high cost of newer drugs remains a barrier.

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Survivors and activists demand increased action against TB
Medicine price transparency is a sticky issue at WHA
By Kerry Cullinan, May 27, 2019

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.

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Medicine price transparency is a sticky issue at WHA
Despite side-effects, docs promote old TB treatment
By Kerry Cullinan, November 20, 2018

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.

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Posted in: Opinion & Commentary
Despite side-effects, docs promote old TB treatment
Rape drives HIV and depression
By Kerry Cullinan, February 17, 2017

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.

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Rape drives HIV and depression
Rape: Women are suffering in silence
By Kerry Cullinan, June 13, 2016

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. 

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Rape: Women are suffering in silence
AIDS progress is a good story
By Kerry Cullinan, December 1, 2015

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.

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Posted in: HIV and AIDS, Opinion & Commentary
AIDS progress is a good story

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