Category Archives: South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: 55% of HIV Patients Go Missing Before Treatment

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

A study has found that about 55 percent of HIV patients in South Africa who are not eligible for treatment at the time of diagnosis will disappear from clinics within a year of initial monitoring, leaving a serious gap in … Continue reading →

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South Africa : ARV Drug Myth

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

Media in South Africa recently erupted into a frenzy of coverage of an allegedly new illegal drug, ‘whoonga’, said to contain life-prolonging antiretrovirals (ARVs), but experts say the drug is actually an old foe, heroin, and does not include ARVs. … Continue reading →

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SOUTH AFRICA: HIV School Testing Controversy

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

South Africa is preparing to take HIV testing into the classroom as part of its national voluntary HIV testing and counselling (VCT) campaign, but testing kids is controversial and implementing the programme is fraught with challenges – just ask those … Continue reading →

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SOUTH AFRICA: Aid agency to be launched

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

JOHANNESBURG, 17 January 2011 (IRIN) – South Africa will launch its own development aid agency in 2011 in a move likely to boost the country’s status as an emerging economic power and champion of the African continent. Read More Here

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