Researchers find a way to remove HIV from cells – may completely cure AIDS
German researchers have found a way to remove the HI-Virus (HIV) from living cells, which may lead the way to a cure for AIDS.
The AIDS Foundation of South Africa is seeking to appoint an ICT Service Provider to provide ICT Support and/or Consulting Services. The interested companies and/or individual consultants are requested to send their Expression of Interest proposal to the AIDS Foundation no later than the 18th of...
Free HIV vaccine gets hackathon, South Africa help
A non-profit project to develop a vaccine for HIV has called for the help of geeks around the world, with clinical trials planned in SA later
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A simplified antiretroviral medication was introduced in Ga-Rankuwa, north west of Pretoria, on Monday.
It would see people with HIV taking one tablet a day instead of three, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said.
"We believe that the roll-out of the fixed-dose combination (FDC) will...
Over 4000 Western Cape residents took part in an HIV testing campaign lottery in February, provincial premier Helen Zille said on Monday.
"The data that has emerged from it has been encouraging, making a case for the effectiveness of this kind of focused testing campaign," she told reporters...
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I am not sure how many of you have seen the comments from Helen Zille that a man that doesn't wear a condom and has multiple partners could be charged with attempted murder by his/her partner. She has been defending this point vehemently on twitter.
Here is an article by Pierre de Vos with...
Has DA leader Helen Zille crossed a line? At a recent summit and in a series of tweets she has called for men who have multiple sexual partners and refuse to use condoms to be charged with attempted murder. We track the latest storm in a Twitter cup...
Okay maybe not you exactly...
Innovative Medicines of South Africa (IMSA) and the Department of Health are running the 'first things first' campaign for first year students at 16 varsities. The idea is to get first years to pass their first 'test' at varsity.
Everyone can test but first...
Facebook promotes AIDS rape documentary
Facebook is providing a global stage for "Tapestries of Hope" documentary, spotlighting the tragic consequences of a myth that sex with a virgin cures AIDS.
Source: IOL News
Firstly, my sympathy to the woman for all she's gone through and my congratulations for winning her lawsuit against the KZN Health Department. How paramedics (emergency personnel) can be so careless is beyond me...
Secondly, what kind of husband abandons his wife just...
This is about AIDS in South Africa. And venerating Manto.
Still here? Anyone? Did not think so.
We'll start off with Manto. The fact that I think she was a bit of an idiota is probably a good place to start.
However...
Manto! Tshabalalalalalalala...
Reading the latest HIV threads has got me questioning how HIV came about in the first place.
Was it a virus that has always been around and we only developed the necessary skills and technology to detect it recently?
How does a virus just create itself - what are a virus' beginnings?
Is it...