Social grants decrease teenage girls' risk of contracting HIV
Child support grants can protect teenage girls from sugar daddies.
PrePex will save many lives in SA - with traditional leaders' help
The state's hopes for the nonsurgical circumcision device rest on its acceptance in initiation rituals.
Zuma: HIV/Aids remains a problem for Africa
President Jacob Zuma says HIV/Aids is major problem facing Africa, which has borne a significant burden as a result of the disease.
People with HIV pay more for life insurance – if they can get it
Their life expectancy is almost as high as those who are HIV free, yet they pay much more.
Lennox calls on SA to fight gender-based violence
An emotional Annie Lennox called on South Africans to do more to fight the scourge of violence against women and children.
Sanac hopes for three-million on ARVs by 2015
The South African National Aids Council says it aims to have three million people receiving antiretroviral therapy by 2015.
ARVs alone won't save HIV infected mothers
Access to ARVs is improving, but poor attitudes to patients are aggravating maternal mortality rates.
Comment: Ignorant reporting can be lethal
As the fallout regarding misinformation about vaccines and antiretrovirals shows, words can kill.
Why has Gauteng run out of ARVs?
Patients go without key drugs as the province and suppliers trade blame for antiretroviral shortages.
Bhekisisa: Help us choose a winner
One of our reader letters will win a one-year digital subscription to the Mail & Guardian. Help us decide who deserves it.
State consolidates HIV treatment
New medicine combines ARVs into one pill, making them easier to supply.
Funding crisis looms large
HIV counsellors play a vital role in Lesotho's health system, but the money is running out.
Opinion: TB cannot be kept behind bars
World TB Day is on March 24: We look at plans to curb the disease's spread – in prisons and beyond.
Fighting HIV underground
Past meets present in the underground fight against Aids.
SADC countries tackle TB with new agreement
Southern African health officials and international agencies will sign an agreement in Swaziland to reduce TB and HIV in the region's mining sector.
Sex life leaving a bad taste in your mouth?
Poor oral hygiene doesn't just affect your gums; it can also lead to impotence.
Older men blamed for high HIV rates among schoolgirls
At least 28% of schoolgirls across SA are HIV positive, a figure blamed on sexual relationships between young women and older men, say reports.
Women confound HIV researchers
Why would young, single African women not take free drugs that could potentially save them from contracting a life-threatening infection?
Aids most prevalent cause of early deaths in SA
Aids kills more people prematurely in SA than another other disease – in sharp contrast to two decades ago, which set them at just 12%.
Daily ARV dose ineffective among Africa's HIV-negative women
According to HIV prevention trial results, the daily use of pills or a vaginal gel does not appear to prevent HIV-infection in African women.
