Editors' picks from other sources

Search through all our worldwide HIV and AIDS news and features, using the topics below to filter your results by subjects including HIV treatment, transmission and prevention, and hepatitis and TB co-infections.

Task shifting news

Show

From To
Task shifting
ZIMBABWE: Nurses step up to initiate HIV treatment

HARARE, 16 October 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - Faced with the ambitious target of reaching 85 percent of people in need of HIV treatment by the end of 2012, the Zimbabwean government has announced that nurses will be trained to prescribe and manage antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatment.

Published
17 October 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Task shifting
Zimbabwe: 'Nurses Now Allowed to Put Patients On ART'

NURSES can now put HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral drugs, a task that was previously reserved for doctors.

Published
16 August 2012
From
AllAfrica
Task shifting
Nurses As Effective As Doctors In Treatment Of HIV Patients

Nurse-centred care of HIV patients can be just as safe and effective as care delivered by doctors and has a number of specific health benefits, according to a new study led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Cape Town (UCT).

Published
15 August 2012
From
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
PEPFAR Launches Labs For Life with Partners

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), led by the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator in the U.S. Department of State, and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a leading global medical technology company, today announced Labs for Life, a new collaboration to help strengthen healthcare and laboratory systems in the developing world along with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published
27 July 2012
From
US State Department
Health services and systems
The Manchester Malawian medic myth

Are there more doctors from Malawi in the British city of Manchester than there are in Malawi itself? Many people have made this claim - including the authors of an international study of health workers, and the head of Malawi's main nursing union.

Published
15 January 2012
From
BBC Health
Circumcision
Agnes Binagwahois: Male circumcision and the path to an AIDS-free generation

Whereas a surgical circumcision can take 20 minutes per patient, the PrePex non-surgical device reduces procedure time to 3 minutes, meaning we can circumcise more men faster and without compromising their safety or the device’s effectiveness.

Published
13 December 2011
From
Washington Post
Task shifting
South Africa loses $1.4 billion training doctors who emigrated

South Africa, the nation with the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS, has spent more than $1.4 billion training doctors, only to see them emigrate overseas for jobs. It's part of a massive flow of expertise from from poor and developing countries to rich nations such as the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia.

Published
26 November 2011
From
Los Angeles Times
Delivery of care
Overcrowding at clinics deter men from early testing for TB and HIV

During a recent door to door campaign, TAC Khayelitsha found that most men are not keen to test for TB or HIV because of long waiting periods associated with overcrowding at the local clinics. Imagine what strides would be made in better healthcare

Published
01 July 2011
From
TAC
Health services and systems
South Africa: How we're re-engineering the health system - Motsoaledi

South Africa's Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reviews progress on health reform in a speech to the South African parliament, highlighting progress on HIV and TB treatment.

Published
31 May 2011
From
PoliticsWeb
Task shifting
Kenya: Staff Sackings Leave Siaya Aids Patients Unattended

HIV/Aids patients yesterday jammed the Siaya District Hospital after failing to be attended to for the second day, following the sacking of over 20 support staff. Peer educators who carry out support tasks in the clinic were sacked this week after protesting overwork and delays in payment.

Published
08 April 2011
From
Moreover.com HIV/AIDS feed
← First12Next →

Filter by country