A report by UNAids has revealed that SA’s antiretroviral coverage has greatly increased in the last two decades, but remains short of global targets.
A report by UNAids has revealed that SA’s antiretroviral coverage has greatly increased in the last two decades, but remains short of global targets.
A report by UNAids has revealed that SA’s antiretroviral coverage has greatly increased in the last two decades, but remains short of global targets.
Researchers and advocates have singled out South Africa’s under-staffed and overcrowded prisons as hotbeds for the transmission of HIV and TB.
New research has concluded that the vaginal microbicide gel, PRO 2000, does not prevent HIV infection in women, a study released on Monday said.
An HIV-positive man in New Zealand has admitted injecting his blood into his sleeping wife and infecting her with the virus which can cause Aids.
The Football for Hope centre in Cape Town — one of 20 across Africa — is out to teach kids about more than just the ”beautiful game”.
Revised guidelines for access to ARVs cast a wider net than before, but systemic change is needed to for the new protocol to have an impact.
Thabo Mbeki should be held accountable for his role in the HIV/Aids pandemic, the Young Communist League of South Africa said on Wednesday.
The South African Medical Association (Sama) on Wednesday endorsed President Jacob Zuma’s HIV/Aids strategy.
South Africa announced ambitious new plans on Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women.
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday announced new measures to expand South Africa’s response to HIV/Aids.
SA has more people living with Aids than any other country, but it also has a new government determined to end the crisis, the UN says.
While South Africa’s HIV-infection rate may have stabilised, experts warn that the slow response to the pandemic has triggered a time bomb.
Pointing fingers at the administration of former president Thabo Mbeki is not helpful in dealing with SA’s Aids problems, Desmond Tutu says.
HIV/Aids has now killed 25-million people around the world but the number of new infections is slowing sharply, the UN said in its annual report.
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has described calls for former president Thabo Mbeki to be charged with genocide as irresponsible.
A thermal massage bed, said to cure Aids patients, is under investigation by the Health Ministry, it was reported on Friday.
When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programmes.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has undertaken to investigate the cases of HIV-infected patients allegedly refused antiretroviral treatment.
