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Squinting into the future

By Spotlight, December 8, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

New studies show the complexity and importance of HIV epidemiological modelling. In Isaac Asimov’s Foundation science fiction series, which is set far in the future, mathematical modelling of human society…

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The mess in Mpumalanga

By lightspeed, December 7, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

[caption id="attachment_1058" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Simonia Mashangoane, courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] Mpumalanga is one of the provinces where South Africa’s plan to fight HIV and TB…

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Section 100

By Spotlight, December 6, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

[caption id="attachment_1051" align="alignnone" width="567"] A paediatric ward at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. The hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals in the world, came under scrutiny…

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Corruption in the Eastern Cape

By lightspeed, December 5, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

[caption id="attachment_1039" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] [box] 168 clinics and 17 hospitals lack piped water 42 health facilities have no proper electricity and operate…

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The struggle in Gauteng

By lightspeed, December 4, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

[caption id="attachment_1028" align="alignnone" width="567"] Around 1500 activists and concerned citizens handed a memorandum to the Gauteng Department of Health regarding ARV stockouts and other essential medicine in health facilities across…

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Provincial budget blues

By Spotlight, December 3, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

[caption id="attachment_1017" align="alignnone" width="567"] Terrible conditions prevail at Edenvale Hospital in Johannesburg where there are too few doctors and wards available to deal with the influx of patients. Many patients…

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HIV in your province

By lightspeed, December 2, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

[caption id="attachment_1076" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Oupa Nkosi, courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive.[/caption] [box] Underspending on Hospital Revitalisation Grants Eastern Cape by R191 million (52% underspent) KwaZulu-Natal by…

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Tags: HIVNational Strategic Plan South AfricaNSP Review 5SECTION27TAC

HIV in your province

By Spotlight, December 2, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

[caption id="attachment_1076" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Oupa Nkosi, courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive.[/caption] [box] Underspending on Hospital Revitalisation Grants Eastern Cape by R191 million (52% underspent) KwaZulu-Natal by…

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Tags: HIVNational Strategic Plan South AfricaNSP Review 5SECTION27TAC

Issue 5: Introduction

By Spotlight, December 1, 2012
Posted in: Edition 5

[caption id="attachment_990" align="alignnone" width="567"] Members of the Treatment Action Campaign and AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa during a march to demand more funding for the fight against HIV…

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