South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world. Estimates indicate that 5,6 million people in our country are living with HIV. It has also been shown that AIDS is the biggest killer in South Africa, causing 30% of deaths. As South Africa’s largest pathology group, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), has as […]
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NHLS commemorated World Aids Day by raising awareness about the pandemic as well as promoting the importance of knowing your status, by getting tested. A fascinating lecture was presented by Prof. David Lewis, entitled -‘The 30-Year War on AIDS-Have We Reached the Turning Point?’, followed by a moving talk by guest speaker, Mr Rhulani Baloyi, a young man living with HIV. The proceedings were wrapped up with the musical talents of the NICD choir,
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24 November 2011 An AIDS patient previously on antiretroviral treatment appears to now be free of infection after a stem cell transplant where he received blood cells of a person with genes that are able to resist HIV infection. This so-called "Berlin patient" has raised the possibility that AIDS can be cured. Scientists are
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1 December is World Aids Day; a day that brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic. The day is an opportunity for public and private partners to spread awareness about the status of the pandemic and encourage progress in HIV/AIDS prevention,
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14 November 2011 An outbreak of meningococcal disease is ongoing in the community of Olievenhoutbosch, Gauteng Province. As of 14 November 2011, 12 cases have been linked to this outbreak, which was first confined to two crèches, but now may be spreading in the wider community. All specimens/isolates tested to date have been identified as
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The UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on 20 September 2011. Among a long list of actions on curbing the global epidemic of NCDs, the heads of state call upon the private sector "to promote and create an enabling environment for healthy behaviours among workers, including by establishing
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02 November 2011 Prof Janusz T Paweska (left), head of the NICD's Special Pathogens Unit, was awarded a prestigious statuette of Sapere Auso from the University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland, which is conferred once a year upon an outstanding alumnus whose professional achievements and position contribute greatly to the promotion of the
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24 October 2011 Pretoria – A Gauteng child has been paralysed as a result of a rare complication from polio vaccination, said the Department of Health. In a statement on Sunday, the department said to ensure that the country remained free of polio, it would oversee a monitoring programme to ensure that any case of
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20 October 2011 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) recently launched a new AIDS strategy intended to meet the needs of the changing face of the AIDS epidemic. The strategy illustrates UNESCO's contribution to the UNAIDS approach, which calls for the need to accelerate HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. Speaking
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