The health of young women and girls is shaped by gender-based inequalities and violence
Zero discrimination is essential to if we are to change the fact that 7.8 million South Africans live with HIV, but 5.8 million people are on ARVs, highlighting a treatment gap
The Foundation for Professional Development has harnessed local ownership to provide quality care
Even if you are diagnosed with HIV, you can live a long, healthy life by taking your treatment every day
Bill which aims to provide universal care through a state-run fund is being reviewed by President Cyril Ramaphosa
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Our energies should be focused on solving our health problems, not defending their existence
The Nomakhayas of Nqileni in the Eastern Cape give us a case study to replicate
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The health department says ViiV Healthcare’s nonprofit price for its anti-HIV jab, CAB-LA, is four times what it can pay
World leaders can choose the path that ends Aids
Private pharmacies to join the management of antiretroviral treatment programme, making it easier for those who need the life-long medicine
An epidemic such as Aids isn’t simply a disease gone viral. It’s a political, social, economic and human rights crisis
Despite our fears of National Health Insurance NHI being driven by fears of corruption and limited state capacity, the issue of equal access to healthcare for all cannot be dismissed by the fear of what the 16% may lose
The Bulungula Incubator in the Eastern Cape has set up a medicine pick up point close to people’s homes, assisting them in sticking to their treatment
The municipality has received a series of disclaimers from the auditor general since 2016 and has had serious liquidity problems since 2020
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The Aurum Institute is making it easier for people to get HIV prevention medication
To commemorate World Aids Day on 1 December, here are 10 movies on the subject which educated and entertained us
On current trends, the world will not meet agreed global targets on Aids, the new UNAids report, Dangerous Inequalities, shows. Urgent action to disrupt the power imbalance of patriarchy can get the Aids response on track
The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist
Peer support has been pivotal to inmates taking responsibility for their health
The country already has hundreds of thousands of children orphaned by Aids and social services cannot cope with numbers boosted by the pandemic
Public health experts disagree with the vaping industry’s argument that imposing a sin tax will lead to a similar path of Aids denialism
Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as denying HIV treatment to state patients
Setting new 90-90-90 targets for CD4 testing, cryptococcal antigen, and TB testing, and treatment, aligned to the WHO AHD package of care would be a positive step towards ending Aids deaths by 2030
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that vaccine development and testing timelines can be shrunk from decades to months, but not without shortcomings
Kwaito and house music have broadened the scope of struggle and stretched the definition of freedom
Government and civil society must develop a rights-based response to Covid-19, because epidemics are won by strengthening rights, not trampling on them
After missing the global HIV/Aids targets, new benchmarks that put people at the centre, especially those most at risk, need to be set
Lesotho has been used as a microcosm in this article to reflect how the foreign policy has affected Africa
Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability
Anthropologists ask the difficult questions about human behaviour and also provide the difficult answers
‘The Plague’, an allegory of the Nazi occupation of France in World War II, is about a town’s fight against an epidemic. It’s a relevant read in the times of Covid-19
The theme for this year’s World Aids Day stressed “communities”. We need to unpack this terminology, particularly with regards to the queer community