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New Strategy Needed in the East

by International Crisis Group | 0 » | Nov16 10
The attempt by Congo and Rwanda to end the deadly conflict in eastern Congo by a secret presidential deal and ...
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Early HIV treatment may be cheaper than thought

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep17 10
Research by South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand and Boston University in the US, has found that starting HIV-positive ...
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Deportation of Zimbabweans to begin again

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep3 10
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will resume the deportation of undocumented Zimbabweans on 1 January 2011, ending its 17-month moratorium, ...
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Nevirapine linked to treatment failure

by IRIN | 0 » | Aug20 10
One of the cheapest and most commonly used drugs for treating HIV in Africa - nevirapine - has been ...
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Child deaths stubbornly high

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul30 10
The race to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015 is more than halfway run, but new reports ...
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Government greenlights three-month supply of ARVs

by IRIN | 1 » | Jul16 10
In a bid to ease pressure on South Africa's over-burdened public health sector, the government has given hospitals and ...
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Counsellors to give the prick

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul9 10
Lay counsellors in South Africa can now legally perform HIV tests, but delays in paying them and shortages of ...
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Tensions in Rwanda

by International Crisis Group | 0 » | Jul1 10
June also saw rising tensions in neighbouring Rwanda ahead of presidential elections planned for August. The government denies involvement ...
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Measles back with a vengeance

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun28 10
JOHANNESBURG - "Out of sight, out of mind" explains why Southern Africa has been grappling with one of the biggest ...
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Poor MDR-TB knowledge among nurses

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun18 10
South Africa has one of the highest rates of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), but a study has found that many ...

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