Is South Africa on track to meet NSP targets?
On World AIDS Day 2018, we assess how South Africa is faring against 10 key targets set in the National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs 2017 – 2022.
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Money will show how serious the BRICS are about TB
Whether or not the BRICS puts new money on the table for TB research, is a crucial test of whether the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB represents a new dawn in the fight against TB, or just empty rhetoric.
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Major downward adjustment of SA TB figures by WHO
The dramatically lower rate of new tuberculosis infections and TB deaths in South Africa just reported by the World Health Organisation primarily reflects a change in methodology rather than an actual change in the number of TB cases. Either way, it makes for welcome news.
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New dawn in TB prevention therapy
After decades of relying on isoniazid-based TB preventive therapy as the best option for TB prevention, a number of new regimens have done well in clinical trials and at least some of them will soon be rolled out.
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AIDS2018: Reduction in price of bedaquiline welcome, but is it enough?
This week the price of bedaquiline in the public sector in South Africa was cut in half. What does this mean for the increased uptake of this critically important TB drug across the world?
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AIDS2018: Humans in the Age of HIV-Young people & SRHR
This article is part of a Spotlight special series on people who form part of so-called key populations.
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AIDS2018: Humans in the Age of HIV-All about Love
This article is part of a Spotlight special series on people who form part of so-called key populations.
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The numbers: HIV and TB in South Africa
What are the key numbers regarding the HIV and TB epidemics in South Africa? We have published a new page on our website where we will keep track of all the latest estimates from a variety of sources.
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SA ahead of World Health Organisation in recommending new TB medicine
The South African Department of Health this week announced it will be making a new tuberculosis medicine available more widely than recommended by the World Health Organisation. The department deserves credit for this brave decision that will both save lives and prevent many patients from suffering irreversible hearing loss.
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8 key findings from new district health report
The Health Systems Trust last week published the latest edition of the District Health Barometer (DHB). The DHB provides a wealth of district, provincial and national level data on a wide variety of indicators. Below we have picked out eight interesting national-level findings.
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10 things to know about TB in South Africa
Tuberculosis (TB) is still a crisis in South Africa. Here are 10 quick facts about the state of TB in South Africa.
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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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