PRETORIA: North West MEC for Health, Dr Magome Masike, says more focus should be put on prevention measures to close the "flood gates" of new HIV infections.
3 Oct 2011 08:22
PRETORIA: KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo says the province is ready to roll out the Schools Health Programme by December 2011.
30 Sep 2011 13:50JOHANNESBURG: One in 300 people infected with HIV are able to suppress HIV-1 replication and keep their viral load at undetectable levels without treatment. Five to fifteen percent of HIV-1 infected individuals remain healthy with high CD4 counts for at least five, and even beyond 10 years, without treatment.
29 Sep 2011 12:11
JOHANNESBURG: Modelling has demonstrated the benefits and now data has provided the proof as researchers in Haiti have found that earlier HIV treatment is cost-effective, reducing the risk of death by 75 percent among HIV patients for just US$6.25 more a month.
27 Sep 2011 09:38
NAIROBI: Computer gamers, glow-in-the-dark cats and neutralising viruses sound like the stuff of science fiction, but they may be the key to eliminating HIV.
23 Sep 2011 15:56PRETORIA: The North West Department of Health is to add more than 54 000 people on antiretroviral treatment in the next six months. The decision follows an announcement by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe last month to initiate treatment for all people who test positive with a CD4 count of 350 or less.
22 Sep 2011 09:45
Condom use involving sex with a non-married, non-cohabiting partner among South African youth between the ages of 16-24 years in the country's three largest cities declined between 2006 and 2010, a survey by non-profit organisation Society for Family Health (SFH) has shown.
15 Sep 2011 10:22
UKZN'S Vice-Chancellor Professor Malegapuru Makgoba has been awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) President's Lifetime Achiever Award for his 'extraordinary contribution to the development of science...' The award was announced at a special function in Pretoria last night.
5 Sep 2011 13:25[Francis Hweshe] CAPE TOWN: Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has commended gains made in South Africa's HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign, which has reached close to 15 million people.
31 Aug 2011 10:35 
Gas and welding products supplier, Afrox hosts a monthly wellness day for its employees with a different health-focus each month. The company recently contracted PocketMedia Solutions to produce a credit card-sized Z-CARD to educate its employees about how to manage HIV/Aids.
30 Aug 2011 14:58
[Ray Maota] The Nike Football Training Centre in Soweto in Johannesburg's south-west, could become the second South African building to be named World Building of the Year, after making the shortlist for the award. The facility is used as a training ground by nearly 20 000 young footballers every year and is also an HIV/Aids educational centre.
29 Aug 2011 10:45[Enrique Rivero] A UCLA-Harvard study has highlighted three types of confusing outcome measures. Studies about medications published in the most influential medical journals are frequently designed in a way that yields misleading or confusing results, new research suggests.
26 Aug 2011 09:19 
According to a report by
AFP, quoting the country's deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, the number of South Africans living with HIV has fallen, as has the number of deaths as a result of the pandemic.
26 Aug 2011 08:14
Trendy youths in the East African country reckon they have discovered the secret of protecting themselves against unwanted pregnancy and HIV.
24 Aug 2011 13:43
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