Open Letter to WHO on Delayed Testing and Treatment Guidelines for Discordant Couples
10 August, 2011 - 13:01 — moderator
A group of organisations working in HIV have written an open letter to the World Health Organisation (WHO), expressing concern over the organisation's scrapping of the release of technical guidelines on HIV testing and treatment for discordant couples. Follow the link to see the letter.
Addressing the TB crisis in South Africa
3 August, 2011 - 00:00 — moderatorOn 10 August, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the HIV Clinicians Society of Southern Africa and SECTION27 (formerly the AIDS Law Project) will bring together scientists, clinicians, nurses, activists, policy makers and government to discuss the crisis of tuberculosis (TB) faced in South Africa.
Prevent new infections and protect our health: HIV treatment guidelines must urgently be updated
20 July, 2011 - 00:00 — moderator
New evidence presented this week at the International AIDS Society Conference in Rome confirms that by expanding eligibility for antiretroviral therapy (ART) we could massively reduce new HIV infections.
HIV, antiretrovirals and aging
1 July, 2011 - 16:27 — moderator
People with HIV on antiretroviral treatment or at the point where antiretroviral treatment is recommended need not be alarmed by a study that received wide media coverage this week. Antiretrovirals save lives. Their benefits far outweigh their risks.
Bristol-Myers Squibb's inefficiency puts lives at risk
27 June, 2011 - 00:00 — moderator
There is a shortage of the life-saving drug amphotericin B across the country. Amphotericin B is on the Essential Drug List and is used to treat cryptococcal meningitis (CM), an AIDS-defining illness with an extremely high mortality rate. Over 7,000 cases of CM are reported annually in South Africa though the actual number of cases is likely much higher. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is the only company that has registered the drug in South Africa. It is branded as Fungizone.
JOINT STATEMENT BY TAC AND SECTION27 ON THE DEATH OF KADER ASMAL
24 June, 2011 - 00:00 — moderator
SECTION27 and TAC mourn the death on 22 June 2011 of lawyer, human rights activist and ANC leader Kader Asmal. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and close comrades. In a time when our country faces a growing decline of leaders with integrity, courage and bravery, Asmal stood out as a fearless fighter for justice.
Improving Health: TAC at work - Overcrowding at clinics deter men from early testing for TB and HIV
23 June, 2011 - 00:00 — moderator
During a recent door to door campaign, TAC Khayelitsha found that most men are not keen to test for TB or HIV because of long waiting periods associated with overcrowding at the local clinics.
Improving Health: TAC at work - 10 years of ARVs, "Those who are sick come to TAC for help"
14 June, 2011 - 00:00 — moderator
On Friday, 3 June 2011, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) Khayelitsha, (MSF), City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Provincial Government Department of Health celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the first public sector Antiretroviral Treatment program in South Africa. Today, approximately 20,000 people in Khayelitsha are on ARV treatment.
Improving Health: TAC at work - Saving the Future, TAC Ekurhuleni working in schools
3 June, 2011 - 22:01 — moderator
The learners of Katlehong and Thuto Pele High Schools in the southern region of Ekurhuleni are benefitting from much more than the normal school curriculum. Nthabiseng Maretlane a TAC Community Health Advocate and Dikeledi Senong, Prevention and Treatment Literacy Practitioner in the area are giving the learners life skills by educating them on Teenage Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), HIV and Behavioural Change strategies.
Zero New Infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero AIDS Related Deaths - TAC and Partners write Letter to EU Embassies
2 June, 2011 - 13:20 — moderator.png)
In negotiations for the final declaration of the UN High Level meeting on the Zero Draft, the European Union is blocking language which promotes a global treatment target; access to generic medicines; and financial commitments which could fuel the HIV response. Gravely concerned about this, the Treatment Action Campaign, MSF, SECTION27 incorporating the AIDS Law Project, and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa have sent this letter (see below) to the embassies of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Switzerland in South Africa urging EU countries to cease pushing regressive language which could hinder the AIDS response.
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