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Mashup Score: 3Health in 2023: A deceptively busy year in fewer than 1 000 words - 5 month(s) ago
2023 was a busy year for healthcare in South Africa. We saw several promising policy developments, landmark court cases, important pieces of legislation, and some changes in leadership. Yet, take a step back and at facility level little seems to have changed. Shortages of healthcare workers persist, corruption is still rife, budgets tight, and our health governance crisis remains as acute as ever. Marcus Low looks back at the year in health in fewer than 1 000 words.
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Mashup Score: 5
No drug is immune to resistance, but dolutegravir, one of the most widely used HIV drugs, has so far shown an excellent barrier to resistance. Nevertheless, a large study that analysed data from several countries found that resistance was more common in people who took dolutegravir monotherapy or dual therapy with lamivudine, or who had resistance to NRTIs (the backbone drugs usually combined with dolutegravir).
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Mashup Score: 48DGHI Director Chris Beyrer Recognized for Work on Gay Men’s Health - 5 month(s) ago
Epidemiologist honored by African gay rights group for his research and advocacy on HIV and human rights.
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Mashup Score: 9We Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza | The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation - 6 month(s) ago
We have seen the devastating images coming out…
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Mashup Score: 14
The health department says ViiV Healthcare’s non-profit price for their anti-HIV jab, CAB-LA, is four times what it can pay. In 2022, just over 164 200 people in South Africa became newly infected with HIV. Can we afford to go without the shot?
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Mashup Score: 25Medical Day Zero – catastrophic budget cuts endanger Western Cape’s three academic hospitals - 6 month(s) ago
The CEOs of the Western Cape’s three academic hospitals have warned that, because of severe funding cuts, they could run out of cash by 15 January.
Source: www.dailymaverick.co.zaCategories: General Medicine News, HIV/AIDSTweet
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Mashup Score: 4Siya Kolisi inspires South Africa to keep finding point of difference | Jonathan Liew - 7 month(s) ago
Narrow victories in all three knockout games show Springboks are masters of ending on the right side of small margins
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Mashup Score: 27Over a million SAs have used the HIV prevention pill - Bhekisisa - 7 month(s) ago
More than a million public healthcare users in South Africa had started to use the HIV prevention pill by the end of May, with over half doing so in the past two years, health department data shows. But what must we do to make the pill — and a two-monthly HIV prevention injection — easier to get?
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Mashup Score: 0
14 likes, 0 comments – desmondtutuhealthfoundation on October 27, 2023: “Go BOKKE !!!! You have a whole nation behind you! Stronger together! #gobokke #greenandgold #bok…”
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Mashup Score: 19Over a million SAs have used the HIV prevention pill - Bhekisisa - 7 month(s) ago
More than a million public healthcare users in South Africa had started to use the HIV prevention pill by the end of May, with over half doing so in the past two years, health department data shows. But what must we do to make the pill — and a two-monthly HIV prevention injection — easier to get?
Source: bhekisisa.orgCategories: General Medicine News, HIV/AIDSTweet
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