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DURBAN, 2 April 2009 (PlusNews) - Task-shifting is urgently needed if South Africa is to meet its ambitious goal of reaching 80 percent of those in need of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment by 2011, delegates attending the fourth national AIDS conference heard this week. South Africa will…

SAPA The Treatment Action Campaign on Tuesday expressed concern over shortages of antiretrovirals and other medicines in the Free State. TAC spokesperson Andrew Warlick called on Free State health MEC Sakhiwo Belot to "do his duty as an MEC" and to respond to TAC letters asking what…

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - New HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are growing twice as quickly as antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are rolled out, despite a 39% hike in treatment access, UNAids said on Wednesday. The number of people receiving Aids treatments in the region, where two-thirds…

The University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Treatment Action Campaign are Atlantic grantees. by Sonya Bell Sales of unregistered medicines to HIV patients are being made by medical professionals, according to academics, activists and medical practitioners across the country. "This is a problem and I think…

by Anso Thom and Lungi Langa Most hospital and clinics in the Free State have still not started treating the more than 15 000 people waiting for their antiretroviral drugs, but the national Department of Health has given the assurance that drugs will now start…

South Africa has a high HIV/Aids prevalence that has compromised the immune systems of a substantial proportion of the population, says Dr Anthony Turton. The developmental legacy has also exposed large portions of the population to heavy metal and radionuclide contamination arising from more than…

by Graeme Hosken Newly-appointed Health Minister Barbara Hogan will change the way South Africa combats HIV/Aids and TB. Speaking in Pretoria yesterday, Hogan said health care was a human right. "Health care is about being responsive and supportive, and providing a good service," she said.…

by CLARE NULLIS AIDS activists are celebrating the removal of South Africa's health minister, accused of causing countless unnecessary deaths by promoting nutritional supplements instead of conventional medicine for people with HIV. New President Kgalema Motlanthe, within hours of taking office Thursday, won instant praise…

Original Source by Khopotso Bodibe The Department of Health may in future allow people living with HIV to get antiretroviral drugs earlier. At present, people relying on public sector health can only get the medication when their CD4 count, which measures the level of immunity…

Original Source Interview with Joanna Vearey, Forced Migration Project, Univ. of Witswatersrand JOHANNESBURG, Jul 15 (IPS) - South Africa has become a destination for people from across the continent and beyond. But in spite of migrants having a legal right to free antiretroviral treatment (ART)…