01 April 2014 The report is the fourth one its kind and provides an important insights into the state of the HIV Epidemic in South Africa since 2002. The survey also provides important information on the effectiveness of interventions such as the roll out of the antiretroviral therapy. Another key indicator in understanding the epidemic […]
19 March 2014 Press Release Getting to zero TB – tackling HIV and TB drug resistance World TB Day 2014 World TB Day, on the 24 March, is an opportunity to raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide and the status of TB prevention and control efforts. If we hope to
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Potent HIV antibodies fast tracks the development of an AIDS vaccine The discovery of how a woman’s body responded to her HIV infection by making potent antibodies (called broadly neutralising antibodies, because they are able to kill multiple strains of HIV from across the world), was reported today by a consortium of AIDS researchers jointly
The Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) 004 Tenofovir gel trial was today announced the winner of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Science and Technology Pioneers Prize. The prize, which is being inaugurated this year, recognises excellence in the use of science and technology to solve development
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South Africans awoke to the devastating news that our leader and father of the nation is no more. I was in Cape Town, when I received the news at midnight. I got up early on Friday and looked out of my hotel window and noticed people walking on the street going to work. While everything
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Madiba, Mthembu, Sophitsho, Ngqolomsila, Lala ngoxolo Tata! Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the father of the nation, has died on December 5 2013 at the age of 95. It is with great sadness that the Nation awoke to the news of our fallen hero, freedom fighter, peace maker, unifier, first President of a democratic South Africa. While
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"Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections.” A National World Aids Day event organised by the office of the Deputy President, together with the Department of Health (DoH) and their respective stakeholders was held in the Gert Sibande District on 1 December 2013. Among those in attendance, was the honourable Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe in
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SA Medical Research Council has awarded Professor Shabir Madhi, the MRC’s most prestigious accolade, the MRC Lifetime Achievement Award (Platinum Medal). The award is made in recognition of the excellence of his research in the field of vaccinology and respiratory and meningeal pathogens and its impact on improving child health in South Africa and other
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Biobanks are repositories where organised collections of human biological materials, and associated data from large numbers of individuals, are collected, stored and distributed for the purpose of health research. Biobanking is not a new concept. What is new is that with rapid advances in science and technology, the reliance on the use of human biobanks,
Dr Bavesh Kana, Head of the Wits University node of the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research was recently promoted to Reader/Associate Professor in the School of Pathology. He completed his PhD degree and Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. Dr
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