2010-07-30 07:38:16pm

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Need for African govts to increase health spending
Living with AIDS # 441

29.07.2010 Khopotso Bodibe

audioAt the recent International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi appealed to donors to desist from cutting aid to support AIDS programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The irony of his call, however, is that countries in Africa are not increasing their spending on health.
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Save the children
28.07.2010 Lungi Langa

textHuge strides could be made towards reducing child deaths in South Africa by following the example of those who fought for the rights of people living with HIV.
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AIDS funds fall flat
22.07.2010

textGlobal funding for AIDS efforts fell flat during last year’s economic meltdown, ending a six-year streak of annual donation increases, according to new analysis released this week.
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Lack of HIV prevention methods a major concern
Living with AIDS # 440

22.07.2010 Khopotso Bodibe

audioThe good news from the International AIDS Conference in Vienna that a microbicide gel tested in South Africa for the prevention of HIV infection is an ironically painful reminder that there is an urgent need for effective preventative measures to reduce new HIV infections.
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HIV funding cutbacks will hamper treatment success
22.07.2010

textHealth Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has cautioned those attending the International AIDS conference that backtracking on funding for HIV by donors could threaten the treatment success rates. Read his speech here.
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Hope springs from a microbicide study conducted in AIDS-ravished Vulindlela
21.07.2010 Kerry Cullinan

textIn Vulindlela, the winter grass is yellow and an icy wind blows off the white-coated Drakensberg. But in the small collection of park homes that make up the local clinic and research site, there is warmth in people’s faces and voices.
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Massive leap forward for HIV prevention
20.07.2010 Kerry Cullinan

textIn one of the biggest advances in HIV prevention in decades, a vaginal gel containing an antiretroviral drug has been proven to protect almost four out of 10 women from HIV.
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KZN to go ahead with controversial circumcision clamp
19.07.2010 Kerry Cullinan

textKwaZulu-Natal is committed to a massive male circumcision drive using all available medical methods including the controversial Tara Klamp, according to Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo.
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Starting ARV treatment early reduces deaths
19.07.2010

textA New England Journal of Medicine study has revealed that early initiation of antiretroviral treatment could reduce death rates and the Tuberculosis incidence.
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SA has lots to show off in Vienna
18.07.2010 Khopotso Bodibe

audioAn upbeat Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says this year South Africa has something different to show the world regarding its response to AIDS at the 18th International AIDS Conference, which opened in Vienna, Austria, today (Sunday, 18/07/2010).
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Turning the Page to a New Era in HIV Prevention Research
16.07.2010

textAVAC Report warns promising developments in biomedical HIV prevention could be undermined by current conditions of the global AIDS response.
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Millennium Development Goals count-down
Living with AIDS # 439

15.07.2010 Khopotso Bodibe

audioIn 2000, the world’s leaders committed themselves to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals to make our planet a healthier place to live in by the year 2015. Two-thirds of the deadline has already passed. Is the world succeeding in its commitments, for instance, to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases which are endemic in countries such as South Africa?
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Nurses can also do ART
Living with AIDS # 438

09.07.2010 Khopotso Bodibe

audioSouth African nurses are just as competent as doctors in monitoring patients on antiretroviral therapy. This is according to results of a four-year long study published recently in the respected international medical journal, The Lancet.
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Circumcision clamp slammed
08.07.2010 Anso Thom

textHIV doctors and activists have slammed a male circumcision clamp that is being aggressively marketed in South Africa and the rest of the continent with a small study showing that it is much more painful that the surgical route and has more adverse events.
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MCC rubbishes Ubhejane claims
05.07.2010 Lungi Langa

textUbhejane is not registered with the Medicines Control Council despite such claims in recent newspaper reports.
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ARV tendering process needs to be transparent and fair
01.07.2010

textSECTION27 has called for transparency and fairness in this year’s Antiretroviral (ARV) tendering process as invitations for bidders are soon to be announced.
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World Soccer’s Hidden HIV/AIDS Epidemic and the 2010 World Cup
30.06.2010

textOPINION: "I've written this article to argue that FIFA, as the world's football authority, has an ethical responsibility for social action, in fact, it owes the soccer-playing world - effectively all of humanity - a massive sustainable and measurably successful longitudinal social project starting from THIS World Cup, a moral imperative on which millions of lives will hang in the balance. By Richard Witzig
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As football fever spreads, let’s stop the spread of HIV
30.06.2010

textAs football fans from around the world arrive in South Africa to cheer on their favourite team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we must not lose sight of one unwelcome guest—HIV. By Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director
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Ubhejane is not registered
29.06.2010

textThe Department of Health has stated that Ubhejane is not registered as a medicine. The MCC has not yet publicly responded to the article.
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Calling for better utilization of work-place peer educators
Living with AIDS # 437

24.06.2010 Khopotso Bodibe

audioWork-place peer educators are a unique invaluable resource that the country has in its response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic, but their role is not sufficiently exploited. This is according to a book, titled “Changing the course of AIDS”.
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Controversial plastic clamp used to circumcise men
22.06.2010 Kerry Cullinan

textKwaZulu-Natal’s health department is using a plastic device in its mass male circumcision drive that speeds up the procedure but has significant side-effects in adult men.
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Lifeskills from the ‘beautiful game’
21.06.2010 Kerry Cullinan

textThe average school kid tends roll their eyes when HIV is mentioned, yet thousands of pupils in Edendale have been learning valuable life skills while learning to play soccer.
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HIV activists march on US
18.06.2010 Lungi Langa

textHIV activists have accused the United States and European governments of betraying their commitments to assist poorer nations fund treatment for those needing HIV treatment.
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Abused women at a higher risk of HIV
18.06.2010 Lungi Langa

textWomen in abusive relationships have a higher risk of being infected with HIV, a South African Medical Research Council study has found.
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Global award for m2m
18.06.2010

textDr Mitch Besser, founder and medical director of the Cape Town based programme, mothers2mothers, (m2m) has received the 2010 Award for Best Practices in Global Health for initiatives to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV and provide care to women living with HIV.
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