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	Headline Vitamin A for newborns will save thousands of lives Addicts getting high on AIDS meds Medical aid coverage lowest among black South Africans Is there a better way to say 'opportunistic infection'? Military to lead the way in male circumcision More funds needed to fight HIV/AIDS Men do want to test for HIV NGO Aspen wins ARV tender Dagga not effective painkiller Nurses to qualify for a salary after a year

Call for entries: South African Health Review Cover Student Photography Contest
HST
2008-07-16

The Health Systems Trust (HST) is pleased to announce the 2008 South African Health Review Cover Photography Contest.
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Transfusion of blood safer from HIV than ever
Louise Flanagan, IOL
2008-07-16

No blood transfusions have been linked to HIV infections since more sophisticated testing started more than two years ago, says the South African National Blood Service.
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Manto firm over private health care
Sipho Khumalo, The Mercury
2008-07-16

Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has upped the ante in her battle with the private healthcare sector to control the spiralling costs of health and medicines by rejecting suggestions that she was the minister of public health and should only focus on that sector.
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SA in danger of not reducing child mortality
Yugendree Naidoo, IOL
2008-07-16

Health experts have warned that South Africa's chances of meeting United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to child mortality are becoming increasingly slim.
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Aggressive HIV programmes may reduce number of new cases
IOL
2008-07-11

Aggressive programmes to treat HIV-positive people using highly active antiretroviral therapy could reduce the number of new HIV cases by as much as 60 percent, according to a study published on Tuesday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Toronto's Globe and Mail reports.
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AIDS spending breaks records, but needs more focus
PlusNews
2008-07-11

HIV/AIDS funding to low- and middle-income countries reached a record level in 2007, according to a new report by UNAIDS.
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HIV - cheaper to treat
Ian Sanne, Mail & Guardian Online
2008-07-11

Failure to properly manage HIV/AIDS strategies for employees has led to some workplace programmes being closed down because audits have revealed unacceptable costs.
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New rapid tests for MDR-TB in developing countries
WHO
2008-07-11

People in low-resource countries who are ill with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) will get a faster diagnosis in two days, not the standard two to three months and appropriate treatment thanks to two new initiatives unveiled today by WHO, the Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND).
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New treatment for GERD disease
IOL
2008-07-11

A new method of treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has been developed, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said on Tuesday.
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Private hospitals hire Indian nurses
Lyse Comins, The Mercury
2008-07-11

Major private hospital groups in South Africa are importing staff from India to quell the dire shortage of qualified nurses facing the country. Hospital groups like Netcare, Life and Medi-Clinic said yesterday that Indian nurses, male and female, were highly skilled, fluent in English and dedicated to the profession.
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Malaria programmes successful in KZN
Kamini Padayachee, The Mercury
2008-07-11

KwaZulu-Natal seems to be winning the battle against malaria in the province, with only about 1 000 cases reported in the province in the past malarial season.
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TB plan has a gap between talk and action
PlusNews
2008-07-04

TB is South Africa's leading natural cause of death. Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang opened South Africa's first national tuberculosis (TB) conference this week with some welcome good news: her department is to acquire technology that will reduce the time it takes to diagnose drug-resistant TB from as long as four months to less than a...
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