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/ 22 February 2010
Health officials are considering blanket tests followed by a lifetime course of drugs for everyone with the syndrome to eradicate HIV within 40 years.
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/ 20 February 2010
The quest for a cream or gel to prevent Aids infection has narrowed to using powerful HIV pills that are already on the market, scientists say.
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/ 16 February 2010
The most powerful force against HIV/Aids in Africa may be circumcision, a procedure that’s easily done in the developed world.
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/ 1 February 2010
Opposition parties on Monday accused President Jacob Zuma of a cavalier attitude to safe sex that is hurting the HIV/Aids campaign.
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/ 19 January 2010
The KZN government will start a massive male circumcision programme before the end of this year to help prevent the spread of HIV.
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/ 15 January 2010
As the year gets off to a steady start, Delta Tladi, an HIV/Aids counsellor at the Tshwane University of Technology, is preparing for a busy time.
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/ 4 December 2009
In the week of World Aids Day and the 16 Days campaign, Promise Mthembu explains why she will not be wearing the red ribbon.
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/ 29 September 2009
Rock star Annie Lennox tells of her commitment to fighting HIV/Aids in South Africa and welcomed the appointment of the country’s new health minister.
Late payments to thousands of care-givers are weakening South Africa’s battle against HIV/Aids and tuberculosis.
The 2009-10 budget for ARV provision will fall short by R1-billion if the numbers of infected people continue to grow.
Pope Benedict XVI urged Cameroon’s bishops on Wednesday to defend the rights of the poor and essential values of the African family.
Pope Benedict XVI headed to Aids-ravaged Africa on Tuesday standing firm against the use of condoms, saying they were not a solution to combatting the
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/ 27 February 2009
The new ART guidelines strictly state that initiation of treatment should not be delayed for more than a week in patients who fit certain criteria.
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/ 13 February 2009
Nosimilo Ndlovu interviewed Michel Sidibé, the new executive director of UNAIDS, the coordinating body of the United National in the global fight against HIV and AIDS.
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/ 22 January 2009
HIV education interventions need to contribute to increasing people’s knowledge, understanding and ability to think critically.
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/ 22 January 2009
Special commendation — Investing in the Future Company Partnership Award: New Clicks SA.
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/ 22 January 2009
Winner — Investing in Life Corporate Award:
Standard Bank Group Wellness Programme.
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/ 22 January 2009
This is all about remarkable examples of innovation to inspire others, writes Neville Gabriel.
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/ 18 December 2008
Health workers in Zimbabwe are warning that international alarm over the spreading cholera emergency is overshadowing the Aids crisis.
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/ 25 November 2008
Men often bribe guards and managers to get jobs, but sex is the preferred inducement for women in Kenya.
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/ 17 November 2008
The news that the Free State health department could run out of anti-retroviral drugs by January is significant.
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/ 28 October 2008
The former health minister’s Bill to regulate medicines has been amended, writes Jonathan Berger.
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/ 27 September 2008
The decision by the ANC to recall President Thabo Mbeki represents the downfall of the most hubristic executive in contemporary South Africa.
Scores of Swazis took to the streets to demonstrate against the king’s wives’ trip abroad while people go hungry.
Restrictions prohibiting HIV-positive people from obtaining visas or permits to travel or work abroad adds to the global stigma around HIV.
Signs that work on preventing the spread of HIV is bearing fruit were highlighted recently by UNAids’s two-yearly report on the state of the epidemic.
The HIV-positive mother takes a deep breath as her name is called, scurrying behind the doctor who will tell her whether she has infected her baby.
The number of Americans infected by Aids each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, US health officials have revealed.
Employers fail to appreciate the ravages of the disease in the upper echelons of the workforce, reports Andrew Gillingham.
Individuals, companies and the economy are at risk if it is not dealt with effectively, argues Ian Sanne.
The <i>Defined by Four Letters</i> exhibition at the National Arts Festival is an expression of the lives and identities of people living with HIV.
The awarding of a new tender for antiretroviral drugs by the Health Department will mean important savings for the state’s treatment programme.