South Africa introduces world's largest AIDS treatment plan

Burns disasters--a plan for South Africa.

Identifying deaths from AIDS in South Africa.

OBJECTIVE To quantify the HIV/AIDS deaths misclassified to AIDS-related conditions in South Africa. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of vital registration data. METHODS Cause-specific death rates for 1996 and 2000-2001 were calculated using vital registration cause-of-death profiles applied to a model (ASSA2000) estimate of total mortality rates by age and sex. The difference in the age-specif...

Treatment of HIV/AIDS at South Africa's largest employers: myth and reality.

OBJECTIVES To determine what proportion of employees at the largest private-sector companies in South Africa have access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment, including antiretroviral therapy (ART); how many employees are enrolled in disease management programmes; how many are receiving ART; and which approach to the financing and delivery of care is proving most successful at reaching eligible emplo...

Pesticide Use in South Africa: One of the Largest Importers of Pesticides in Africa

South Africa is a diverse country, with a diverse environment that is home to more than 49 000 000 people. Pesticide usage is very often necessary to maintain both agricultural productivity as well as human health. The climatic conditions range from semi-tropic to semi-arid regions. Although the majority of the country has summer rainfall, the south western coastal region is predominantly a win...

Revisiting South Africa ’ S National Development Plan 2030

Understanding the underlying dynamics of population change is critical for national planning. This analysis explores South Africa’s fertility, mortality and migration outlooks, with a particular emphasis on the uncertainty surrounding migration. Using the International Futures (IFs) model and data from the South African 2011 National Census data, we simulated three potential population futures ...