The HIV prevention shot, lenacapavir, will be rolled out at South African clinics within the next couple of months and from 2027, the health department will also buy generics.…
Who should get what slice of the pie once the medicine is available in public clinics? And are numbers alone what would drive decisions?
According to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids…
Hetero and Dr Reddy’s will be funded by the Gates Foundation and Unitaid to produce and sell the twice-a-year anti-HIV shot around R692 per person a year
From silent killer to centre stage, Dr June Fabian is spotlighting kidney disease in Africa
South Africa’s next chapter in HIV treatment holds amazing promise, but unlocking it rests on having the right kind of discussions with women
The HIV prevention tablet is now available in South Africa but popping a pill every day to stay HIV-negative may not be for everyone
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
Life-saving HIV drugs were allegedly diverted from Africa’s public health system to sell in Europe.
Bill Gates was at the International Aids Conference this week. He spent time with five African journalists. Here is what they wanted to know.
We know more than ever about how to prevent HIV infection, including what may someday lead to the world’s first HIV vaccine.
In theory medical aids fund ARVs, but in practice it’s a complex process, say doctors and activists.
The country has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens. But it is rapidly gaining access to new diagnostic tools and medicine for drug-resistant TB.
Financial risk-protection mechanisms could alleviate the high food and transport costs incurred by rural people seeking to access treatment for HIV.
South Africa has become only the second country in the world to allow widespread access to groundbreaking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis medication.
Health workers steal drugs that are bought by smugglers and sold to fearful "illegal" foreigners.
Health workers steal drugs that are bought by smugglers and sold to fearful "illegal" foreigners.
A survey of stock levels of HIV drugs is in stark contrast to health department claims that "there is no shortage".
The health minister says the media portrays the department as failing to provide drugs for patients, but supply is also subject to business decisions.
The search for an anti-HIV microbicide continues, after a new trial has refuted the results of a previous study that found one to be effective.
