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.…
At 33, the retired Constitutional Court justice thought he had, maybe, seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death because of Aids to a chronic, manageable…
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
HIV prevention services have been heavily affected by the pause on the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids in the country, with remote mobile clinics that served hard-to-reach…
Until recently, the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief funded nonprofits in South Africa to help provincial health departments test people for HIV and put them on…
Illegal miners want the state to legalise their operations as it is the only way for them to earn a living
Pockets of excellence still exist: we must just learn how to harness them
Even if you are diagnosed with HIV, you can live a long, healthy life by taking your treatment every day
New research from seven countries in Africa signals the future of HIV prevention — but what can it learn from its past?
Fewer people are getting tested for HIV than last year. People are also battling to access chronic medication. These are some of the lasting effects of the lockdown and the…
Sperm washing, assisted insemination and long hospital waits – if you were lucky. But things are changing for the better
These ATMs can decrease the number of patients in clinics but health workers are not helping to achieve that goal.
They’re not only good for workers’ health, they’re good for business too.
Traces of the drugs are found in urine and faeces, but water treatment plants are not designed to remove them
Radio, print and TV are great tools, but digital platforms provide information and enables conversations between peers and with experts
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
The International Aids Conference returns after 16 years to a very different South Africa, but the battle against HIV is not yet over.
South Africa will soon get its own facility to make tablets to treat HIV and other ailments.
