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XDR-TB patients smuggle pills as treatment priced out of reach

News

With treatment priced out of reach, some extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) patients face a tough choice: Break the law or die.

lauralopez
October 3, 2014

Report: StatsSA Mortality, causes of death in South Africa 2011

Health

StatsSA's latest report on causes of death in South Africa shows slow continued declines in deaths due to communicable diseases like HIV but increases in deaths due to injuries and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

healthe
March 21, 2014

Earlier HIV treatment could save South Africa money

Health, News

Starting HIV patients on antiretrovirals (ARV) earlier may save South Africa money in the short-term, but doctors caution such a move may risk patients.

lauralopez
November 6, 2013

Multidrug-resistant TB cases double

Health

Diagnosed cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have nearly doubled globally but treatment in countries like South Africa’s is not keeping up, leaving patients to die and communities at risk, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report.

lauralopez
October 24, 2013

WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2013

Health

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB and 1.3 million died from the disease. Of these 1.3 million deaths, about 320,000 were among people living with HIV.

healthe
October 23, 2013

Community health workers strike for better working conditions

Health Systems, Our Health

Lack of payment recently prompted Gauteng community health workers to protest, marking at least the second such action in three years.

lungilethamela
October 23, 2013
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Girl, 7, battles MDR-TB

Health, Our Health

Lindokunhle Zwane, 7, was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) two years ago and is now battling multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).

cynthiamaseko
October 4, 2013

E Cape community move against TB

Our Health

East London: A three-day TB-awareness campaign was recently held at Duncan village in the Eastern Cape to educate the community about the symptoms and risk factors for the disease.

healthe
December 6, 2012

Called to care. Living with AIDS

News

In the absence of easily available and affordable access to AIDS treatment, the burden of care for those who are sick falls on individual households, NGOs and faith-based organisations who respond to the needs they see around them. Health-e News meets care-giver, Caiphas Mohale of Bolobedu, in Tzaneen, Limpopo province.

healthe
March 17, 2004

It’s something from God Living with AIDS

News

Natalia Baloyi has a lot to smile about these days. Hers is a tale of what hope and determination can help one achieve in times of trouble. Almost three years ago, as a 22 year-old Natalia was unemployed and head of a household with three siblings and a son of her own following the death of her parents from a suspected AIDS-related disease. Health-e goes back to the young women we first met in 2001 at her home in Marironi village outside Tzaneen in Limpopo province.

healthe
March 11, 2004

Campaign for cheap drugs from Thailand

Health

"Very high" medicine prices have prompted HIV/AIDS activist organisation to mount "legal action" against [drug company] Pfizer, to bring generic medicine into the country from Thailand to help treat HIV positive people.

kerrycullinan
July 14, 2000

HIV/AIDS Debate: Flirting with death?

Health

President Thabo Mbeki has never said that HIV does not cause AIDS, but he is prepared to consult all players and question all theories including "the unwavering belief that HIV is the sole cause of AIDS -- in his quest to get to grips with the disease.So said presidential spokesperson Parks Mankahlana this week in response to the controversy caused by Mbeki's contact with a group of scientists who deny HIV causes or plays any role in AIDS.

healthe
March 24, 2000

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