We now know the answer after more than 25 years of guessing, but will women believe it?
After 30 years of speculation about whether the three month shot makes women more likely to contract HIV, we finally have an answer.
Bhekisisa’s latest policy dialogue takes a deep dive into one of the biggest challenges facing SA’s HIV response at the 9th Aids conference.
Small town, big goals: Eshowe has become one of the first SA communities to put enough people on HIV treatment to reduce new infections in the area.
Today, SA boasts the world’s largest HIV treatment programme, but 3.2-million people who need ARVs still aren’t on them. Here’s how to fix that.
Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan talks to HIV scientist Salim Abdool Karim about his research on risky relationships of young women and older men.
The rresident promised more funding to the country’s one-stop centres for victims of abuse. But can provinces afford to make good on his promise?
We invite you to our Policy Dialogue at the 9th annual Aids Conference.
South Africa’s public health nurses are infamous for having bad attitudes. Google goggles could help them change their ways.
Community health workers need to be supported so that policies can be tangibly effective
This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: “We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa.” Could that be true?
This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: "We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa." Could that be true?
We tell moms to exclusively breastfeed. But we don’t tell them about all the things that get in the way of that, including depression.
It’s been five years since the country prohibited same-sex marriage and LGBTI gatherings, and the climate of fear left in its wake could be deadly.
Men who have sex with men can now safely use the HIV prevention pill before and after sex, instead of every day.
If you are a man who has sex with men, the HIV prevention pill just keeps getting better. Find out how.
The struggle to survive pregnancy and death in a land of plenty and poverty hasn’t changed much in the past five years — there are lives to prove it.
This province reported skyrocketing rates of teen pregnancy but behind the figures lies a story about sex, knowledge and data.
They’re not only good for workers’ health, they’re good for business too.
Joan Collins* worked as an intensive care nurse in Cape Town. But that’s not the only way she made a living.
Here’s the story of the Treatment Action Campaign or how a handful of people created a global movement that changed the world.
In this province, the agricultural and mining sectors draw thousands of workers each year – and then they disappear. Here’s why we need to find them.
How do you fix South Africa’s sexual and reproductive health wrongs? Help people access their rights.
HIV is no longer in the headlines in South Africa
In a world hemmed in by patriarchy and poverty, cash transfers could be the missing link in SA’s HIV prevention programmes.
University professor He Jiankui says twin girls, born a few weeks ago, had their DNA altered to prevent them from contracting HIV
We could be just months away from knowing whether Depo-Provera use is linked to a higher risk of HIV infection in women.
South Africa boasts the world’s largest HIV treatment programme but are provinces ready to take the lead?
Zion Medical can’t explain the poor treatment Ugandan patients got as part of its ‘trial’ and its recent announcement may have added to the harm.
#TrackingTheNSP: Ahead of World Aids Day, hear just how far provinces have come putting the national plan into practice.
Ugandan campaigners are warned they will break the country’s anti-homosexuality law if they open the safe space.
How could a baby get an organ from a person living with HIV and not automatically contract the virus? The experts weigh in.