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by France NyakaThe devastating HIV pandemic gripping South Africa was one of the key themes of the May Day rally in Witbank on Saturday, with labour unions and non-governmental organisation urging workers to practise safe sex.Workers in union regalia, from all over the Ekangala district…

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Original Source By Kristin Palitza Durban Refugees and migrants do not have adequate access to health care services in South Africa, aid organisations and NGOs say. This is particularly detrimental for those who are HIV-positive and in need of continuous antiretroviral (ARV) medication: interrupted treatment…

Nokhwezi Hoboyi. Photo: Samantha Reinders, TAC After losing two children to AIDS, Nokhwezi Hoboyi stopped her treatment and landed in a South African hospice with tuberculosis. "A nurse told me there was life after testing positive for HIV," Ms. Hoboyi said. Most importantly, she met…

Original Source The University of KwaZulu-Natal is an Atlantic grantee. by MICHELLE FAUL South Africa is launching clinical trials of the first HIV/Aids vaccines created by a developing country, a feat by scientists who forged ahead even when some of their political leaders shocked the…

by Kristin Palitza DURBAN, Apr 2 (IPS) - Effectively scaling up South Africans’ access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment will require decentralisation of health services from hospitals to clinics and allowing nurses to manage and eventually to initiate ARV treatment and care. Doctors, researchers and activists…

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has announced that it will commit $60 million over ten years to a partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa to establish an international research center focused on the co-epidemic of tuberculosis and HIV as…

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)…

by PEROSHNI GOVENDER South Africa will not meet a target of providing life-prolonging drugs to 80% of people living with HIV/Aids by 2011 due to logistical problems and a lack of personnel, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Tuesday. "We are now covering 700 000…