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Windows Subsystem for Linux remains one of the coolest things @Microsoft has made in the last decade. It is also great for Linux accessibility. Thank you to whoever has driven it inside the company. @MSFTaccess @Windows
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MUST READ | Funding cuts over the last year or so have created a crisis for multilateral health institutions. Which institutions emerge from this crisis, and in what form, will have real consequences for the health of people in South Africa, argues Spotlight editor @marcuslowx in an article jointly published with @HealthPolicyW.
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THE BIG READ | The number of people living with #HIV in South Africa has for the first time reached the eight million mark. The eight million amounts to 12.8% of the population. @marcuslowx
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On #Mastodon I’m @[email protected] if anyone wants to link up there. Med-mastodon is a server with a medical focus, to the extent that it matters.
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I am on Bluesky as @marcuslowx. There are suddenly many more accounts worth following there - and you can pick your algorithm.
I am on Bluesky as @marcuslowx. There are suddenly many more accounts worth following there - and you can pick your algorithm.
MUST READ | Highly effective treatments for #HIV keep people healthy, but we don't have a safe and scalable way to completely rid the body of the virus.
In this special briefing, @elri_voigt takes stock of where we are in the search for an HIV cure: spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/11/1…
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MUST READ | Hillbrow started out as Johannesburg’s first health hub in the late 1880s. It’s also been a suburb associated with pimps and prostitution, a middle finger to the Nationalist Party, and a key site of the HIV crisis, reports @Ufrieda.
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BIG READ | The second of two studies of a six-monthly #HIV prevention injection containing #lenacapavir has confirmed the jab works remarkably well. @elri_voigt goes over the findings and unpacks some details around licenses for generic versions of the jab.
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News24 | IN THE SPOTLIGHT | How will the NHI unfold? Here are three possible scenarios dlvr.it/TF3vjr
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MUST READ | Stopping antiretroviral treatment when you are living with HIV can result in increased #HIV transmission, illness, hospitalisation, and death. Professor @graemein and colleagues write what we can do to combat disengagement with HIV treatment.
spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/10/0… @ygpillay @TAC @UCTHealthSci
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JUST PUBLISHED | We unpack how a system with mandatory medical scheme membership for the employed might work and asked local experts whether it represents a viable alternative to government’s #NHI plans. @AlexvandeHeever
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In part 2 of our series on snake antivenom, @JesseCopelyn outlines the case for extending the shelf-life and goes over some exciting early research on a new form of antivenom exploring altering cell DNA from the blood of hyperimmunised horses.
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Every day, somewhere between 220 and 380 people die from snakebite around the world. @JesseCopelyn unpacks the fascinating details behind the antivenom products that might save your life and takes a look at a promising experimental treatment.
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Long-acting injectables for #HIV prevention and treatment can take us closer than ever to global HIV elimination. Here, @FrancoisVenter3 & Co. call for coordination among companies, agencies, and donors to launch large-scale implementation programmes now. thelancet.com/journals/lanhi…
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“There is a lot of work still to be done," says the Joburg woman after dropping her court case against a multibillion-dollar US company that cut its price for life-changing #cysticfibrosis medicines in SA. @cherivdw @catherinetom
spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/08/0… @TAC @MSF_southafrica
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JUST PUBLISHED | AIDS 2024: Exciting developments with the jabs promising to revolutionise HIV prevention
There are several long-acting products on the way that hold the promise of as much as four or six months of protection, reports @elri_voigt.
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EDITORIAL | Motsoaledi’s return could work, but he needs a DG who can say “no minister”
In some respects, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi was the right person for the job when he was appointed as health minister in 2009. But in 2024, the healthcare context in the country looks very different. Spotlight editor @marcuslowx asks what we might expect from this new chapter with Motsoaledi in the top health job.
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