Health-e News is proud to announce that our Lilita Gcwabe is a runner-up in the Gauteng Regional Vodacom Journalist of the Year for her story ‘Fighting for a breath of fresh, clean air Mpumalanga Highveld communities take on government’  –…
Health-e has the good fortune to welcome a number of new staff members over the past few months. Gill Gifford joins us as news editor.
Health-e News intern Thabo Molelekwa has been selected, along with three other journalists, to be part of a study tour to the United States later this year.
Health-e News Service is very proud to announce that our television producer, Fathima Simjee was named the Young Health Journalist of the Year last night, and our former radio reporter, Ayanda Mkhwanazi, was named Health Radio Reporter of the Year…
Four years ago Tracy Niekerk discovered she was HIV positive after her husband applied for a life insurance policy. Much has changed since then. Tracy is one of three South Africans sharing their experiences of living with HIV through the Red Ribbon Diary Project.
In the USA it was not until the 1970s that a condom could be purchased legally as a contraceptive measure. For almost a century they were available only as a prophylaxis for disease control. Very little has been written about the history of the modern condom, something Paula Treichler is seeking to rectify. She spoke to Health-e on a recent visit to South Africa.
When it comes to HIV/AIDS in South Africa there is no shortage of heartbreaking stories. But there are also many life-affirming testimonies about remarkable people making a difference. Among these are the staff and volunteers of Hospice in 60 branches around the country who offer holistic care not only to patients sick with AIDS, but to their families as well.
The multiple impacts of HIV/AIDS on our society requires an imaginative response. In the rural areas outside White River in Mpumalanga, the Masoyi Home Based Care project co-ordinates a variety of activities to enable the community to respond to the challenges created by HIV/AIDS and poverty.
Parliament is hearing submissions on the Children'€™s Bill this week. Among those appearing before the Social Development Portfolio Committee is a group of children known as Dikwankwetla, or Children in Action, who made submissions based on their concerns.
The South African furore over nevirapine drowned out some of the other important issues highlighted at the International AIDS conference. Health-e takes a look at some of the global challenges.
The male condom is still the most effective intervention to prevent HIV transmission. Evidence from studies to suggest that male circumcision decreases the risk even further is still inconclusive, a South African scientist has told delegates at the Bangkok AIDS Conference.
South African scientists attending the AIDS conference in Bangkok have presented evidence showing that resistance to Nevirapine is reduced dramatically six months after the mother has taken the drug. Further evidence suggested that combination therapy was the way forward.
Despite the diversion created by the unfortunate and ill timed Nevirapine statements from the South Africa government, the Bangkok AIDS conference has managed to place the urgent need for millions to access lifesaving anti-retroviral therapy on the world agenda. Health-e captures the critical messages from the Thailand conference.
A little corner of the Impact Conference Centre in Bangkok felt like home but for all the wrong reasons.
It was a process of turning down the heat as South African scientists, health workers, government officials and activists met to clarify recent statements by the Medicines Control Council and the Minister of Health at lunchtime.
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