So many have forgotten
By Vuyiseka Dubula – I was just months away from knowing my own HIV status when, in the year 2000, the people took over the streets of Durban marking a revolution to come. Although I was not present in Durban for that year’s AIDS conference – I was already connected to the struggle.
The next International AIDS Conference needs to be “an earthquake”
By Nomatter Ndebele – Ten years ago, the International AIDS Conference was held in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. Nkosi Johnson, who died a year later at the age of 12 – the longest-surviving HIV-positive born child at the time – addressed the plenary and made a plea to the government to make antiretroviral treatment available to pregnant women with HIV.
Welcome to the twilight zone: fear and abandonment in the Free State’s health system
By Mary-Jane Matsolo – Activist Mary-Jane Matsolo last year heard “saddening and horrific” stories from the more than 50 people who testified during the People’s Commission of Inquiry into the Free State Healthcare System. She recently entered the field to assess whether anything had changed. These are her notes.
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Free State province: Is there any hope left?
The Free State health crisis has made headlines on more than one occasion. The situation seems desperate, but what is being done to remedy it?
Silicosis: will there be justice?
For decades, gold mining companies in South Africa have failed to take the necessary steps to protect their employees from inhaling dangerously high levels of silica dust. As a result, hundreds of thousands of former mineworkers have developed silicosis or contracted tuberculosis.
South Africa should triple funding for TB research
South Africa has a high incidence of TB and TB/HIV. Tripling its funding for TB research could go a long way in supporting the right to health.
The critical role of regulators
The importance of regulatory bodies in the health sector cannot be overstated. However these same bodies are often beleaguered by inefficiencies, corruption and a lack of resources which hampers their usefulness.
