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PUBLIC HEALTH

What HIV got right — but obesity still hasn’t

As the 26th International Aids Conference convenes, this article draws parallels between the HIV response and the emerging obesity crisis in South Africa. It highlights how…

  • Francois Venter
  • Simiso Sokhela
  • Nzama Mbalati
  • Yvette Raphael
10 min read
Students from the University of the Witwatersrand explain the self HIV testing kit, in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on March 19, 2018. – Self-testing kits and vending machines distributing prescription drugs are two ways that HIV treatment is being automated to reduce stigma in South Africa, home of the world’s biggest HIV epidemic. (Photo by MUJAHID SAFODIEN / AFP)
HIV

A to Z guide on HIV: The top 10 things to know from prevention to a possible cure

The HIV pandemic isn’t going anywhere until a cure is found. In the meantime, HIV clinicians say South Africa should protect its victories

  • Nomathemba Chandiwana
  • Bronwyn Bosch
  • Simiso Sokhela
  • Francois Venter
10 min read
A general view of Long Street, usually one of the busiest and most popular entertainment areas with bars, clubs and restaurants in the city, with a billboard reading Stay Home, in Cape Town. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Lockdown or no lockdown: we face hard choices for complex times

There are no available options for containing the spread of Covid-19 that do not have serious economic costs. We need to listen to expertise, not ill-considered opinion

  • Francois Venter
  • Lucy Allais
8 min read