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A vision without a plan: In-depth analysis of SA’s new HIV and TB plan
South Africa’s HIV and TB plan for the next five years has been riddled with controversy Here’s our assessment of the plan
Health budget fails to address HR crisis
By Russell Rensburg, Rural Health Advocacy Project In the tabling of the national department of health’s budget for 2017/2018, minister
Full NSP finally published
After substantial delays the final version of South Africa’s National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV, Tuberculosis and STIs 2017 – 2022
TAC survey highlights poor infection control in clinics
By Marcus Low Tuberculosis (TB) infection control measures in some South African public sector clinics fall woefully short This is
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Sex Work and the new NSP
By Marlise Richter, Thuli Khoza and Katlego Rasebitse Sex Work and the ‘National Strategic Plan on HIV, STIs and TB 2017-2022’ –
Hoer! Magosha! Prossie! Doxy! – Why has the law on sex work not changed?
By Marlise Richter - Sex work is fully criminalised in South Africa This means that anyone who buys sex, who sells sex, or who helps
Did Durban listen to sex workers?
By Ishtar Lakhani - This year marked the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIC) held in Durban – 16 years since this conference was
How PEPFAR’s anti-prostitution pledge impedes sex worker health
By Marlise Richter - The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) should end its anti-prostitution pledge
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TAC fights for Active Aids Councils
For the new NSP to be a success, it is essential that provincial, district and local AIDS councils (PACs, DACs, LACs) start playing a more
What is a Strategy?
“The NSP must resist the temptation to be everything to everyone; it cannot – and should not – become the focal point for dealing
We need excellent costing and budgeting
A failure to ensure that costing and budgeting processes are properly managed from the start is likely to result in an NSP that is not
Time to get to work
View this infographic larger here In order for the new NSP to make a meaningful impact, it must move beyond a mere policy document and into
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VIDEO: #FireBenny
The Treatment Action Campaign and partners recently held a meeting to establish the Free State People’s Health Coalition More than
VIDEO: The Price of Gold
Judgment in the historic Silicosis Class Action, Bongani Nkala and 55 Others v Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd and 31 Others, will
VIDEO: TB Aware: Nulda Beyers
TB scientist Professor Nulda Beyers speaks about the critical needs to employeers to enable employees to get tested and treated for TB
VIDEO: TB Aware: Lungi Langa
Health journalist Lungi Langa shares her journey of being diagnosed with TB, surviving the horrid treatment and then having to deal with