Dis-Chem has welcomed the Pretoria high court’s decision to allow pharmacists to manage and prescribe medicine for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) patients. The court this week gave the South African Pharmacy Council the green light to…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has included South African professors Salim Abdool Karim and his wife Quarraisha on his heroes list for their role in the fight against HIV/Aids and Covid-19. “Drawing on their experiences from HIV and TB,…
Data released by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has provided more insight into the race, gender, sex and underlying health issues of those infected by the coronavirus in SA. The statistics are based on 4,718…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans not to be alarmed and to prepare for an expected rapid increase in Covid-19 infections. Writing in his weekly newsletter, the president noted that more than half of all cases of…
After her own battle with TB in 2015‚ Miss SA Tamaryn Green has made it her mission to create awareness about the disease and she’s now set to add her voice to the United Nations General Assembly in New York this weekend. Tamaryn chose to…
OVER the course of the last month, Nacosa have been conducting and facilitating Consultative Forum meetings (CFMs) throughout the Eastern Cape, including the Buffalo City district. Dedicated to “turning the tide on HIV/AIDS and TB, Nacosa…
