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The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/Aids says the crisis is not an isolated supply-chain issue but a ‘systemic failure’ that demands urgent government intervention

Botswana faces new HIV scare as shortage of medicines deepens

The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/Aids says the crisis is not an isolated supply-chain issue but a ‘systemic failure’ that demands urgent government intervention

(John McCann)

Monogamy is a social construct

As a strategy for preventing sexually transmitted infections, condom use is a much safer option than monogamy, which has a high rate of failure

Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez takes you inside SA’s national HIV and TB plan in just two minutes.

See what the world’s largest HIV programme is planning

Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez takes you inside SA’s national HIV and TB plan in just two minutes.

The concern raised is that it may have unanticipated effects. Do we know for certain what the effects on edited persons and their progeny will be? No. (Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)
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Are provinces ready to take the wheel of South Africa’s HIV response?

It’s been a steep learning curve for districts that sometimes don’t have the know-how — or the data — to write and track local plans.

Students from universities across the country participate in the annual DSIDE programme aimed at growing local data science capacity

Manning up to the epidemic

The latest national HIV survey found about 72% of women 15 years and older said they had tested for HIV. Only six out of 10 men could say the same.

Vaginal gel won’t protect women against HIV

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.

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Your smartphone could soon give a fast diagnosis of HIV

Researchers have developed a dongle and an app that can quickly screen for the virus and other sexually transmitted infections like syphilis.

War declared on the ‘superbugs’

Several initiatives are under way to stop the abuse of antibiotics.

Mind my herpes

Mind my herpes, please

Modern times call for full disclosure of sexually transmitted infections or diseases.

Learn to love latex

<em>the Teacher</em> and BroadReach Healthcare explain key facts about the HI virus in the third part of a series