A review of 37 studies found that when people stop taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, the weight comes back
After a year of US funding cuts across global public health, including South Africa’s hard-hit HIV programmes, new realities are settling in
This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: "We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa." Could that be true?
Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There’s nothing sinister about it.
When it comes to weaving a good yarn, the devil really is in the detail.
Those most at risk of HIV are still fighting to be heard. But there’s a lot we can learn from the fight against HIV.
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
HIV activist Mark Heywood tells Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan the president and health minister are direct opposites.
The HIV lobby group says over 100 of its community healthcare workers have been arrested in Bloemfontein after a night vigil sit-in.
Africa has been the poor relative with too few representatives at global HIV/Aids conferences. But things are changing, writes Mia Malan.
New evidence has shown that ARVs have the ability to reduce HIV infections of partners dramatically, writes Mia Malan.
PrePex, with which nurses can perform bloodless circumcisions without the supervision of a doctor, should be vetted by the WHO early next year.
Partial foreskin removal in some traditional practice may not protect as well against HIV, writes Mia Malan.
HIV activists from Africa and the US have called for a rapid increase in voluntary medical male circumcision in Africa to reduce new infections.
Looking back after 17 years, a mother is a living testament to what can be achieved. Mia Malan reports.
Isabella "Pippie" Kruger is the three-year-old burn victim from Limpopo. The horrific burning was a rite of passage for her mother, Anice.
South African clinicians have outlined best practice as use of the treatment to prevent infection increases, writes Mia Malan.
Although you can never stop taking antiretrovirals, rumours that these little pills will drive you mad are a bald-faced lie, writes Mia Malan.
A study by the Centre for Health and Prevention Studies at New York University has found that the use of tik leads to dangerous sexual behaviour.
Cataract operations have been transforming the lives of the elderly who look after children, usually orphaned by HIV/Aids.
