South Africa has turned the tide on malaria, cutting mortality rates by 85 percent over the past 12 years, and hopes to soon eliminate the disease. Last year, only 70 people died from the mosquito-borne disease, compared with 460 deaths recorded in the year 2000, according to a report delivered at a Pan African malaria conference in Durban.
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A prophylactic vaccine, which cured monkeys of an HIV/Aids-like illness - simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) - has given a ray of hope in finding an HIV vaccine.
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The world's first malaria vaccine for children could be on sale as early as 2015. The announcement was made at the sixth Pan African Malaria Conference in Durban this week. This follows the successful trial of the vaccine named RTS,S, developed for the most deadly strain of malaria.
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Anti-smoking measures like tobacco advertising and public smoking bans, as well as higher taxes on tobacco products could prevent tens of millions of deaths across the world, according to recent research.
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Health activists have called on the Department of Trade and Industry to drive through sweeping patent law reforms which they say are needed to bring down the cost of medicines, as the deadline closed for comments on its draft intellectual property policy.
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OurHealth was invited to Vhembe's Folovhodwe village to celebrate a young man's choice to stop abusing alcohol and drugs. Thingahangwi Mamedzi is a 23-year-old man who was a drug addict and has now given up on drugs and alcohol. He told OurHealth his story.
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