Rifapentine: Trialled in SA but not available in SA
A new tuberculosis treatment regimen has been shown to be safe and effective in a clinical trial conducted in southern Africa. However, the high cost and a lack of clear…
KNOW TB: GET LITERATE
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TB in South African prisons: WHERE TO NOW?
[caption id="attachment_1489" align="alignnone" width="567"] Awaiting trial detainees waiting to be tested for tuberculosis at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town. Photo courtesy of Gallo Images, The Times, and Shelley Christians[/caption] South…
HOW YOU CAN USE AIDS COUNCILS TO STOP TB
[caption id="attachment_1494" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Chelsea Maclachlan, courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] By getting involved, you can ensure that AIDS Councils improve the quality of tuberculosis services…
GeneXpert: An imperfect rollout
[caption id="attachment_1504" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Jose Cendon, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières[/caption] The GeneXpert tuberculosis (TB) test promises to revolutionise TB detection in South Africa. But will the rollout…
Decentralising DR-TB care: how far along are we?
[caption id="attachment_1516" align="alignnone" width="567"] XDR-TB survivor and Médecins Sans Frontières peer counsellor Xoliswa Hermanus inspects the Khayelitsha family home of Jonas Cikizwa. Jonas is infected with XDR-TB, HIV and diabetes.…
TB in the NSP: Are we meeting the targets?
[caption id="attachment_1537" align="alignnone" width="567"] People awaiting TB testing and treatment at Kuyasa Clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Photo by Jose Cendon, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières[/caption] “Reduce the number of…
TB and the NSP
[caption id="attachment_1555" align="alignnone" width="567"] Patients with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) wear masks while awaiting consultation at a clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Photo by Finbarr O’Reilly, courtesy of Médecins Sans…
TAC’s work in schools
Not enough is being done to educate teenagers on HIV, sexuality and teenage pregnancy in our schools. This is unacceptable since teens are at high risk of contracting HIV both…
Better ways to pay for research
A treaty aimed at improving the way that medical research is funded gathered significant momentum, before it was derailed at a World Health Organization meeting last November. Despite this setback,…
Upping the competition
For a second successive tender, the Department of Health has managed to negotiate much lower prices for the antiretrovirals used in the public health system. [caption id="attachment_1301" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo…
The ISHP in the Western Cape
The Integrated School Health Programme has the potential to prevent many pregnancies and HIV infections. But, to judge by its introduction in the Western Cape, it will take serious political…