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Honourable Speaker, it is now well documented and generally understood that South Africa faces a quadruple burden of disease. Many other countries are faced only with a double burden.
These four...
More than 120 HIV clinicians, policy makers, and laboratory scientists gathered in Cape Town, South Africa from 18-20 April 2013 at the invitation of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine...
Today, MEC Hope Papo issued a stern warning to those "who are taking kickbacks leading to price hikes and delays in payments for suppliers" when he addressed senior managers in the Gauteng Health...
The Gauteng Department of Health is ready to engage Section 27, its allies and all users of the public healthcare services on the Gauteng Turnaround Strategy, Section 27's “Monitoring Our Health...
The Gauteng Department of Health has trained all its pharmacists, ordered sufficient stock for Priority 1 category patients and is ready to roll out the fixed-dose combination (FDC) of...
In a recent blog post,(2) Devi Sridhar draws attention to the fragmentation that has accompanied the interpretation and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This...
According to the report, South Africa increased its scale of HIV treatment by 75%, ensuring 1.7 million people had access to the lifesaving treatment leading to a decrease of more than 50 000...
Gauteng has developed a new strategic plan that aims to reduce HIV infections by half and initiate 80% of eligible people on antiretroviral treatment. The Gauteng Strategic plan for HIV, TB and...
An enormous amount of intellectual energy has gone into the global response to HIV & AIDS over the past 30 years. The results have been visible in local, national, and international spheres at...
Migration and HIV & AIDS are crucial social issues facing today’s changing world.(2) Migration is recognised as a risk factor for the spread of HIV & AIDS,(3) and this is especially relevant to...
The Aids epidemic in Asia and the Pacific is at a crossroads, according to a new report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). While the region has seen impressive...
Before antiretroviral therapy (ART) became available in the developing world, concerns were raised over the viability of these treatment programmes for sub-Saharan Africa. Weak states with...
Many studies find that men visit public health care facilities much less frequently than do women,(2,3) which has some significance for the poor uptake of men in voluntary counselling and testing...
This CAI paper discusses the need for HIV-positive women’s male partners to create a climate free of violence and stigmatisation and argues that such a climate will ultimately contribute...
HIV & AIDS related stigma still exists in many communities in the world. Stigma perpetuates discrimination and this is a key contributor to the spread of HIV & AIDS in the world today. Africa...