Several anecdotes suggest that patients with HIV, AIDS and TB might be defaulting on their treatment for fear of losing their temporary disability grants should they get better. Some of these anecdotes further allege that some people might even go as far as exposing themselves to the HI virus.
Traditional healers'€™ are accusing medic group, Doctors For Life, of opposing every attempt aimed at giving traditional healers the same legal recognition as that of Western medical practitioners.
The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society says the ongoing public servants'€™ strike might negatively impact those receiving their antiretroviral treatment from public hospitals and clinics.
The French humanitarian group, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders is calling upon the South African government to remove restrictions which prohibit nurses from prescribing antiretroviral treatment from the scope of nursing practice.
The Health Products Association '€“ the umbrella body for the complementary and alternative medicines industry - has criticized the government for failing to create regulations the industry.
Ambiguous statements by political leaders about HIV/AIDS could cause massive damage to the response to the pandemic, Dr Donald Dickinson an Associate Professor at Wits Business School has said.
Despite the existence of interventions to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, the number of AIDS orphans also infected with HIV is increasing in the country.
The spread of HIV /AIDS, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal province, has seen an increase of patients who receive home-based care from different hospices in the province.
The much talked about Johannesburg-based Zuzimpilo Medical Centre is experiencing difficulties in meeting its target of enrolling 1000 people on ARV treatment before the end of the year.
Leading environmental scientists say unfavorable weather conditions caused by global climate change could fuel the spread of malaria in areas where it has never been experienced before.
The Democratic Nurses'€™ Union of South Africa (DENOSA) is calling upon the Health Department, to strengthen safety measures to protect nurses from the highly infectious Multi-Drug and Extremely-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Dr. Hugo Templeman, a Dutch physician who runs one of the best clinics in the impoverished rural village of Elandsdoorn in Limpopo province says that his is a model rural clinic.
The senior regional HIV/AIDS coordinator for the United Nations'€™ High Commission for Refugees, says the inclusion of refugees in South Africa'€™s antiretroviral therapy programme will not result in the influx of refugees into the country.
Organizations representing Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa are calling upon the government to intervene in challenges they face in accessing health care in the country.
Medical experts say that lack of education about TB among patients is contributing to the development of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB).
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