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SA: Statement by the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, regional health organisation, on the Viral Load Testing Programmes in Africa conference (26/04/2013)

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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...

SA: Statement by the Portfolio Committee on Health, welcomes HIV new treatment regime (08/04/2013)

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The new treatment regime will be rolled out from today and the Committee applauds the Department for this, as it will make the lives of those on treatment easier. “It will make compliance easier...

GCIS: Statement by the Government Communication and Information System, government encouraged by drop in new HIV infections in KwaZulu-Natal (22/02/2013)

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Government is encouraged by the findings of a study conducted by the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal’s Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies regarding provision of antiretroviral (ARV)...

Desperately seeking reason

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Much has been said about the costs of the proposed national health insurance scheme for South Africa. In fact, the media, of late, has been replete with reports and stories about the costs that...

SA: Statement by the Treatment Action Campaign, South African AIDS activist organization, on Mark Heywood’s presentation “Not the ‘end of AIDS’ (29/11/2012)

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Thus, UNAIDS believes, there is a “genuine opportunity to plan for the end of AIDS” albeit that “a significant additional effort is required” and there remain what are vaguely termed...

SA: Statement by the Government Communication and Information System, on Cabinet meeting of 21 November 2012 (22/11/2012)

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1. Cabinet approved the Electricity Distribution Asset Management Turnaround Programme and the commencement of the first phase of this programme. This includes development of a business plan for...

SA: Statement by Government Communication and Information System, on UNAIDS’s 2012 World AIDS Day report (21/11/2012)

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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...

Decision Point La Francophonie: No new HIV infections, no one denied treatment (October 2012)

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Member states of the International Organization of La Francophonie (IOF) have made progress towards the goals of the 2011 United Nations Political Declaration on AIDS, according to a new report...

DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance leader, on health policy (06/11/2011)

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Co-incidentally, this weekend, I attended two unrelated but uplifting events with deaf children and their parents.

The first was the 25th anniversary of the first Cochlear Implant at...

Cosatu: Statement by Section 27, on the Protection of Information Bill (02/06/2011)

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Transparent governance, free expression and a free press are essential components of democracy. They are the means by which all people in South Africa, especially the vulnerable and poor, can...

The reminder of corruption in HIV & AIDS prevention and treatment: Clarifying the facts

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

With the recent media reporting of fraud in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, (2,3,4) the new decade brings a reminder of the old and pervasive problem of corruption. Described as “a...

A novel intervention for HIV & AIDS: Books of Hope ‘give voice’ to new HIV & AIDS prevention initiatives

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Today, approximately 33.4 million people worldwide are living with HIV & AIDS.(2) Efforts to scale up prevention have become the focus of a considerable number of international health care...

The VCT experience: The psychology of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

HIV & AIDS have ravaged the African continent. Worldwide, approximately 68% of individuals infected with HIV have been identified as originating within sub-Saharan Africa.(2) Above this, current...

US: Statement by the US Embassy, on the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation project in Lesotho (01/10/2010)

Statements

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) are...

SA: Zuma: Budget vote speech by the President of South Africa, National Assembly (12/05/2010)

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Date: 12/05/2010
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Zuma: Budget vote speech by the President of South Africa, National Assembly

Honourable Speaker, Mr Max...

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