While the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, research continues on the role of vaccines—their effectiveness as well as factors that contribute to a resistance to being vaccinated, and the worldwide availability ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Countries need to ensure continuous attention to the quality of their health care services, including during emergencies, contends a new collection of articles launched in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The authors call ...
Dec 12, 2023
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A proportion of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) receive ineffective treatment due to misdiagnosis by rapid molecular tests, according to a genomic analysis carried out in southern Mozambique and co-led by the ...
Dec 4, 2023
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A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available.
Nov 30, 2023
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South Africa, with the world's biggest number of HIV cases, has in the last five years reduced the percentage of its population infected with the virus that causes the immune disease AIDS.
Nov 28, 2023
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South Africa has recorded its first significant fall in the number of people suffering from HIV but remains in the grip of a sexually transmitted epidemic, according to a survey released on Monday.
Nov 27, 2023
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Every year 1.3 million lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US and BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), according to a new study.
Nov 15, 2023
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A nationwide program to reduce the risk of developing diabetes in the UK is proven beyond reasonable doubt to work, a new study reveals.
Nov 15, 2023
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South Africans have a hard time figuring out which foods are unhealthy when they go shopping. But this is about to change.
Nov 14, 2023
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With one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) incidences (368 cases/100,000 population) in the African region, Mozambique is particularly affected by the TB epidemic. Drug-resistant TB is also a major problem, with 4,800 new ...
Nov 13, 2023
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