[caption id="attachment_1883" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Samantha Reinders, Médecins Sans Frontières)[/caption] The National Strategic Plan is a dynamic document that needs to be adapted through regular reviews of the evolving…
The Minister of Health and other senior health officials are rightly proud of the recent good news about HIV in South Africa: the rate of new infections is dropping, the…
“When you know better you do better” Maya Angelou, celebrated civil rights activist and poet. Do we know what is going on with South Africa’s antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme? Can…
Tuberculosis (TB) is (1) the leading cause of death in South Africa and (2) a public health crisis. Most of the TB deaths are preventable and the public health crisis…
South Africa is roundly praised for the rate of mother-to-child transmission which has plunged from 8% in 2008 to an estimated 2.7%, in 2011 (Medical Research Council survey) and is…
Within just over a decade, South Africa’s handling of its HIV crisis has seen the country transformed from an international pariah to a leader. Once known for denying HIV treatment…
[caption id="attachment_1760" align="alignnone" width="567"] Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. (Picture by Robert Hamblin.)[/caption] When Dr Aaron Motsoaledi was appointed health minister in May 2009, the country was slowly emerging…
Ten years ago on 19th November 2003 the late Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang made public South Africa’s first plan to treat people with HIV using anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines. The announcement came…