Renewed hope for crypto, a deadly AIDS-defining fungal opportunistic infection
Cryptococcosis (“crypto”) is a common AIDS-defining fungal opportunistic infection worldwide. It has been neglected for many years. This is about to change.
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Mental health and pill-taking: Getting beyond HIV
Just as with HIV, every single one of us knows another person who is experiencing mental ill health. However, this may be hidden – due to stigma, shame, lack of understanding, and lack of adequate treatment, writes Professor Francois Venter.
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OPEN LETTER | Dear Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa
This open letter from Mark Heywood appeared on Spotlight’s website and in the Daily Maverick at the end of August. While we are three months further down the line, the issues highlighted by Mark are still relevant and important to take note of as the new plan for HIV and TB is crafted. We welcome…
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The new HIV & TB plan – Three months to get it right
Delays at the South African National AIDS Council has meant that the new NSP will now only be ready in March 2017.
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Modernising ART
Antiretroviral therapy in South Africa seems set for a revolution with a new drug combination that is highly effective and involves only one pill a day that is smaller than an aspirin. Dr Michelle Moorhouse, one of South Africa’s top HIV clinicians explains.
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No Need to Embellish our Achievements or to Diminish our Challenges when it comes to HIV
Public service has become synonymous with blind loyalty to the political head and those who are the most loyal bureaucrats become the most powerful as intellectual honesty and competence fly out the window, writes Fareed Abdullah.
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Measuring up to the task of tackling HIV and TB in the new NSP
As the South African National AIDS Council nears completion of the next National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB, and STIs, lofty ambitions for positive outcomes are in place. However, what provinces and districts are expected to measure in order to track implementation and incremental steps toward these goals is—at this point—completely absent from the NSP.
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HIV docs win quack HIV gel case
The South Gauteng High Court this week ruled in favour of the SA HIV Clinicians Society in its legal battle with a doctor who promoted a product marketed as Dr Hugh’s Dermo Blue Pre-sex Protection Gel, which claimed to prevent HIV infection.
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Sexual violence in Platinum Mining Belt a major driver of HIV
Press Release By Medecins Sans Frontieres Seattle/Rustenburg – New analysis of data detailing the extent of sexual violence in the Rustenburg area indicates that one in five HIV infections (approximately 6,765 of all female cases) and one in three cases of depression among women (5,022 cases) are attributable to rape and intimate-partner violence (IPV), while…
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New TB and HIV science from CROI 2017
By Marcus Low – The Conference for Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) was held in Seattle this week. Click to read about some of the presentations and findings.
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Behind the headlines: We debunk three cases of HIV-related misreporting that caught our eye
By Marcus Low – Medical research findings are often sensationalised and overstated in the mainstream media. We debunk three cases of HIV-related misreporting that caught our eye in recent months.
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Did Durban listen to sex workers?
This year marked the 21st International AIDS Conference held in Durban – 16 years since this conference was last held on South African soil in 2000, writes Ishtar Lakhani.
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