Background: Half of persons living with HIV/AIDS are below 25 years and majority of the remaining are believed to have been infected in their youth. The impact of HIV on young people has continued to generate increasing global medical; social; economic; political and academic interests. Aim: This paper r...
The general objective of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and cost of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. A quantitative; retrospective drug utilisation review was performed on data retrieved from 2001; 20...
The emergence of XDR TB coupled with the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS has intensified the need to identify new treatment strategies and accelerate research into antibiotics against XDR TB before the world is faced with a global public health crisis. This article gives a short overview on the important hea...
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 25.8 million people living with HIV/Aids. In November 2003; the South African government approved The Operational Plan for Comprehensive Treatment and Care for HIV and Aids; which aimed to provide antiretroviral treatment to 500 000 patients by the end of 2007. T...
"Background: STDs as preventable diseases are a major public health problem in South Africa; both in terms of their effect on quality of life; their economic costs and the fact that STDs as co-factors drive the HIV epidemic. Their widespread occurrence and high prevalence rates are cause for concern. It ...
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 25.8 million people living with HIV/Aids. In November 2003; the South African government approved The Operational Plan for Comprehensive Treatment and Care for HIV and Aids; which aimed to provide antiretroviral treatment to 500 000 patients by the end of 2007. T...
