Since 1992, the Health Systems Trust has contributed to the development of a health system that can meet the needs of all South Africans, including the most disadvantaged. We will continue to work with all stakeholders in order to improve health care, particularly in areas most underserved and in need.

Call for entries: South African Health Review Cover Student Photography Contest
HST
2008-07-04

The Health Systems Trust (HST) is pleased to announce the 2008 South African Health Review Cover Photography Contest.
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TB plan has a gap between talk and action
PlusNews
2008-07-04

TB is South Africa's leading natural cause of death. Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang opened South Africa's first national tuberculosis (TB) conference this week with some welcome good news: her department is to acquire technology that will reduce the time it takes to diagnose drug-resistant TB from as long as four months to less than a week.
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Addicts getting high on AIDS meds
Health24
2008-07-04

South African AIDS patients in Durban are under siege from drug addicts who rob them of their antiretroviral treatment to get high, the provincial health department said Wednesday.
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Is there a better way to say 'opportunistic infection'?
Iolhivaids
2008-07-04

Cape Town - After more than a quarter of a century of the AIDS pandemic, there is an extensive lexicon of jargon associated with HIV infection, but this has not made it any easier for doctors to communicate with their patients.
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Military to lead the way in male circumcision
PlusNews
2008-07-04

To keep the army active, circumcision will be gradual. The soldiers in the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) will be the first men to benefit from a government policy to use male circumcision as a tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS, according to senior health officials.
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