Why malaria treatment shouldn't take a back seat to COVID-19: Children are a high-risk population prone to severe complications from malaria. ShutterstockRidding the world of malaria in the near future is a very ambitious goal. Efforts to achieve it have already been weakened by governments shifting resources from malaria control and elimination initiatives to the fight against … [Read more...] about Why malaria treatment shouldn’t take a back seat to COVID-19 | The Conversation
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Protest action threatened as informal traders receive “preferential” treatment – Port Elizabeth Business News |MyPE
Protest action threatened as informal traders receive “preferential” treatment – Port Elizabeth Business News: Protest action threatened as informal traders receive “preferential” treatment: Some residents of Port Elizabeth threatened violent protests and to disrupt the Nelson Mandela Bay … One of the beneficiaries, Nonopela Bailus, who operates a small carwash business … [Read more...] about Protest action threatened as informal traders receive “preferential” treatment – Port Elizabeth Business News |MyPE
South Africa needs to get more young people with HIV on treatment | The Conversation
South Africa needs to get more young people with HIV on treatment: A number of factors contribute to the lower rates of uptake of HIV treatment by adolescents. Nic Bothma/EPAThe United Nations has set targets to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. To do this the aim is to ensure that by next year, all countries will have achieved what the UN calls 90-90-90 targets. That is that 90% … [Read more...] about South Africa needs to get more young people with HIV on treatment | The Conversation
Starting HIV treatment in ERs may be key to ending HIV spread worldwide – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
Starting HIV treatment in ERs may be key to ending HIV spread worldwide – Port Elizabeth in the News: Starting HIV treatment in ERs may be key to ending HIV spread worldwide: Mthatha and Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, the country with the world’s largest number of recorded HIV infections. Nearly 38 million people around the world are … … [Read more...] about Starting HIV treatment in ERs may be key to ending HIV spread worldwide – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
Krejcir’s family reiterates complaint over jail treatment – report
Krejcir's family reiterates complaint over jail treatment – report: Johannesburg in the news: Krejcir's family reiterates complaint over jail treatment – report: … his family feels he is getting inhumane treatment as he serves out his 35-year sentence at Leeuwkop Maximum Security prison in Johannesburg. – Google Alert – Johannesburg ANC holds on to … [Read more...] about Krejcir’s family reiterates complaint over jail treatment – report