Cape Town researchers have announced plans to launch a pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep) HIV prevention trial among men in the city.
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Experts say the discovery of the new Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB diagnostic tool will go a long way in fighting the scourge.
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The United States Senate has repealed the entry and immigration ban on HIV-positive non-citizens.
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South Africa’s top researchers, policy makers, managers and providers have released the outcome of a roundtable discussion held last year, where they grappled with antiretroviral access and the health system’s capacity to cope with the increasing demand.
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Every day, over 2,5-billion people suffer from a lack of access to improved sanitation and half of these practise open defecation, the riskiest sanitary practice of all, according to a report issued by the WHO/UNICEF.
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Last week we reported on the launch of guidelines developed by the Southern African HIV Clinicians’ Society to prevent and treat TB and HIV in prisons. Their implementation will not be easy.
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Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has told the Board of Healthcare Funders' annual conference that the private health sector has seen an uncontrolled cost spiral since the 1980s and it has become increasingly unaffordable for South Africans to belong to medical schemes. She identified the most important cost drivers as private hospitals, specialists and administrative costs. Read the Minister’s full speech here.
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The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has launched an HIV and AIDS training tool-kit aimed at educating young girls who join the movement about HIV.
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