Open Letter to AIDS Activists across the Globe | No end to AIDS without the beginning of a new world
Open Letter to AIDS Activists across the Globe – By Mark Heywood
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A new dawn for medicines regulation in South Africa
The MCC will soon be replaced by the South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA). Spotlight asked MCC registrar Dr Joey Gouws and MCC chairperson Professor Helen Rees about changes at South Africa’s medicines regulator.
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OPEN LETTER | Dear Ramaphosa, our Fifth National AIDS plan presents SA’s greatest challenge yet
Former deputy Chairperson of the SA National AIDS Council (SANAC) and long-time AIDS activist Mark Heywood’s plea to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as we craft our next response to the epidemic.
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Q&A: SANAC responds to questions on NSP process
We recently sent the South African National AIDS Council some questions regarding the process for developing South Africa’s new National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs.
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Judgement reserved in Bophelo House 94 appeal
By Nomatter Ndebele A full bench of the Bloemfontein High Court today reserved judgement in the appeal of the so-called Bophelo House 94. In July 2014 the Bophelo House 94, a group of mostly elderly women, were arrested during a peaceful night vigil outside of the headquarters of the Free State Department of Health (Bophelo…
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Notes on our next NSP
At the end of this year South Africa’s big plan to fight HIV and tuberculosis comes to an end. The National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and STIs 2012 – 2016 will be replaced by the 2017 – 2021 NSP. It is vital that the new NSP avoids the mistakes of the past and fully…
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New Emergency, New urgency
Following a 10 000-strong activist march on the first day of the International AIDS conference in Durban, the Treatment Action Campaign and SECTION27 hosted a press conference to outline the strategy of the activist groups beyond the conference.
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Editor’s note: Welcome to the first edition of Spotlight
Welcome to the first edition of Spotlight. Spotlight is the new identity of the NSP Review. You can follow Spotlight on twitter at @SpotlightNSP, Facebook at Spotlight NSP or sign up for our electronic newsletter at www.SpotlightNSP.co.za.
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So many successes, but too many new HIV infections
As the global HIV community returns to South Africa for the International AIDS Conference, there is no better time to take stock of the progress the country has made, write Dr Fareed Abdullah and Kanya Ndaki.
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It’s too soon to speak of the end of AIDS
There has been remarkable progress in the AIDS response. We have come a long way since the 13th International AIDS Conference was hosted in Durban in 2000.
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Motsoaledi and the devil’s alternative
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi sat down with Spotlight in an exclusive interview. He shares details on how the department plans to target vulnerable groups in efforts to stem the incidence of HIV. He speaks passionately on plans to target adolescents, a little less forceful on decriminalizing sex work and is thin on detail when…
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Fighting for the right to care
Community health workers (CHWs), who are predominantly women have struggled to be formally integrated into the health service delivery system, and they are disgruntled.
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