The state’s hopes for the nonsurgical circumcision device rest on its acceptance in initiation rituals.
President Jacob Zuma says HIV/Aids is major problem facing Africa, which has borne a significant burden as a result of the disease.
Their life expectancy is almost as high as those who are HIV free, yet they pay much more.
An emotional Annie Lennox called on South Africans to do more to fight the scourge of violence against women and children.
The South African National Aids Council says it aims to have three million people receiving antiretroviral therapy by 2015.
As the fallout regarding misinformation about vaccines and antiretrovirals shows, words can kill.
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Patients go without key drugs as the province and suppliers trade blame for antiretroviral shortages.
New medicine combines ARVs into one pill, making them easier to supply.
HIV counsellors play a vital role in Lesotho’s health system, but the money is running out.
World TB Day is on March 24: We look at plans to curb the disease’s spread – in prisons and beyond.
Past meets present in the underground fight against Aids.
Southern African health officials and international agencies will sign an agreement in Swaziland to reduce TB and HIV in the region’s mining sector.
Poor oral hygiene doesn’t just affect your gums; it can also lead to impotence.
At least 28% of schoolgirls across SA are HIV positive, a figure blamed on sexual relationships between young women and older men, say reports.
Why would young, single African women not take free drugs that could potentially save them from contracting a life-threatening infection?
Aids kills more people prematurely in SA than another other disease – in sharp contrast to two decades ago, which set them at just 12%.
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.
HIV experts are cautiously optimistic about a "functional cure" but say there is no substitute for preventing infection in the first place.
Doctors in the US have made medical history after the "functional cure" of HIV in a child – the first time such a case has been documented.
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Studies show that men who themselves are victims are more likely to abuse women
Immune boosters should not be substituted for real medication. Yet the claims on their packaging may seduce and persuade consumers
ARVs have slowed down the rate of new HIV infections and increased the life expectancy of the general population in rural KZN
In 2012 we obtained and published footage of an HIV positive woman in Swaziland, having to eat cow dung to take her ARVs. This is an update on her story.
The national HIV mother-to-child transmission rate (MTCT) dropped to 2.7% in 2011, according to a Medical Research Council report.
Professionals trained in traditional methods are rescuing patients abandoned by budget cuts, writes Nellie Bowles.
A labour dispute is boiling at the South African National Aids Council, raising concerns over their ability to implement the national strategic plan.
Physiotherapists and other health professionals play a crucial yet unacknowledged role in HIV-infected patients’ lives.
South Africans can expect the introduction of laws restricting fatty acids and salt content in food, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said.
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Government is yet to set a date for its planned HIV testing programme in schools around the country as a number of issues still remained unresolved.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has urged international donors not to let concerns for gay rights affect the country’s need for developmental aid.
Trials for vaginal gels and other prevention options have had dismal results, writes Gita Ramjee.