[caption id="attachment_1843" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Robert Hamblin)[/caption] Sex workers face significant barriers to accessing health services, experience a disproportionate burden of disease, and are subject to daily human rights…
South Africans are hit hard when government plans do not translate into action. But now Health-e News Service is using an innovative programme to give communities a voice – and…
[caption id="attachment_1838" align="alignnone" width="567"] Activists protest outside the Department of Trade and Industry, demanding that the South African government fix the patent laws.(Photo by Roy Potterill)[/caption] Achieving the National Strategic…
[caption id="attachment_1834" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Thys Dullaart)[/caption] Successfully managing the challenges posed by diseases such as TB and HIV depends on the establishment of a strong and well-integrated health…
[caption id="attachment_1831" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Mariella Furrer, Médecins Sans Frontières)[/caption] Government leaders and the SA National AIDS Council were due to host their World AIDS Day events in Mpumalanga’s…
In October 2012, the SA National AIDS Council (SANAC) committed itself to a wide range of initiatives designed to improve its effectiveness and that of the country’s HIV prevention efforts.…
[caption id="attachment_1825" align="alignnone" width="567"] SCORES BY PROVINCE[/caption] Treatment Action Campaign activists have scored the Health MECs in their provinces based on their engagement with civil society, their participation in the…
[caption id="attachment_1807" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Pep Bonet)[/caption] The number of young South Africans between 15 and 24 years of age who are living with HIV is high: 13.6% of…
[caption id="attachment_1801" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Jon Lowenstein)[/caption] It is critical that the success of the National Strategic Plan is also measured against its response to children. There are a…
Children constitute about 40% of South Africa’s population and it is therefore critical that the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for the Prevention and Management of HIV, STIs and TB, focuses…
Palliative care is mentioned only once in the National Strategic Plan, within a sub-objective indicating a commitment to keeping people with HIV, STIs and TB within the healthcare system and…
[caption id="attachment_1791" align="alignnone" width="567"] The map above shows health facilities reporting a stock-out or shortage of ARV or TB supplies in the past three months. Each red dot represents a…