Although you can never stop taking antiretrovirals, rumours that these little pills will drive you mad are a bald-faced lie, writes Mia Malan.
A lack of basic services will leave an already crippled system unable to cope with the additional red tape.
A study by the Centre for Health and Prevention Studies at New York University has found that the use of tik leads to dangerous sexual behaviour.
Cataract operations have been transforming the lives of the elderly who look after children, usually orphaned by HIV/Aids.
A mother has described the extremely difficult path her family walks daily, caring for a child with a severe form of a speech-planning disorder.
Tuberculosis has affected health workers and it is contributing to the medical brain drain. <b>Mia Malan</b> examines the disease’s impact.
In a recent study at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at the University of Stellenbosch, two out of every three pregnant women with TB also had HIV.
A healthy diet has been touted as an easier way to reduce the risk of falling ill from the the various cancers out there.
Simple precautions can reduce carcinogens in the kitchen and on the food table, writes <b>Mia Malan</b>.
Physiotherapists and other health professionals play a crucial yet unacknowledged role in HIV-infected patients’ lives.