HIV/AIDS in the News
Thousands of lives lost in treatment delays Print E-mail
November 07, 2008

Johannesburg - A new study estimates that more than 330 000 HIV-positive South Africans lost their lives between 2000 and 2005 as a direct result of government delays in rolling out a treatment programme.

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HIV programmes suffer as government, NGOs feel the pinch Print E-mail
October 24, 2008
Bujumbura - HIV programmes in Burundi have been struggling to support people affected by the pandemic since the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria rejected the country's request for funds a year ago.
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Provinces struggle with drug-resistant TB Print E-mail
October 23, 2008
Health officials countrywide are battling to cope with the growing numbers of patients with drug-resistant TB, and provinces are divided about whether to hospitalise all patients or not.
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IAS congratulates Nobel winner Print E-mail
October 06, 2008

Geneva, Switzerland - The International AIDS Society (IAS) has congratulated Françoise Barré-Sinoussi on being awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for 2008 for her role in the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus.

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Rapid HIV tests not infallible Print E-mail
October 06, 2008

Johannesburg - The reliability of HIV diagnoses obtained from finger prick tests has come into question with the recall of a brand of rapid HIV test kits used at public testing sites in two South African provinces.

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