• Catastrophe as Eastern Cape drug stock-outs continue

    Thousands of people living with HIV in the Eastern Cape are in catastrophic danger of developing fatal drug resistance due to ongoing interruptions in their antiretroviral (ARV) drug supplies, with ...

Stock-outs must be top of agenda

By on June 19, 2013 in HIV - Antiretrovirals (ARVs), HIV/AIDS
The ongoing stock-out of antiretroviral medicine is at the forefront of AIDS activists’ agenda at the 6th South African AIDS conference, which opened last...
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Drug stock-outs highlighted at Vhembe imbizos

By on June 19, 2013 in HIV - Antiretrovirals (ARVs), OurHealth
Drug stock-outs at clinics were placed at the forefront of discussions during a number of Imbizos held by the Vhembe District Municipality in three...
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Pupils inhale teargas in classroom

By on June 19, 2013 in OurHealth
Pupils and teachers from Tshithuthuni Primary School were taken to hospital last week after a pupil let off teargas in the classroom.
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HIV messages should include MSM

By on June 19, 2013 in HIV/AIDS Prevention
A survey of 1 700 South African men from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal revealed that one in 10 men has been sexually...
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Smoking affects surgical outcomes

By on June 19, 2013 in News
Smoking in the days and weeks before surgery can lead to complications and worse outcomes for many surgical procedures.
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10 smoking ads boost smoking risk by 40%

By on June 19, 2013 in Cancer and Tobacco Control
Tobacco adverts really do persuade teens to take up smoking, with every 10 sightings boosting the risk by almost 40 percent, reveals research published...
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Britain to regulate e-cigarettes

By on June 19, 2013 in Cancer and Tobacco Control
Electronic cigarettes will be regulated as non-prescription medicine in Britain from 2016 in an attempt to monitor the quality of the products.
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‘Stealth-marketing’ campaign against plain packaging

By on June 14, 2013 in Cancer and Tobacco Control
With the looming threat of plain packaging, tobacco companies in the United Kingdom have launched a stealth marketing campaign to try and mobilise smokers...
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Cape Town is fittest city

By on June 13, 2013 in Health Management
Cape Town has taken gold and top spot in the inaugural Vitality Fittest City Index. Announced by Discovery yesterday (SUBS: THURS), the Index rates...
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Child labour rife in tobacco farming

By on June 13, 2013 in Cancer and Tobacco Control
Children are being used to grow tobacco and the practice is thriving in the Asia Pacific region. This is according to a new report,...
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