A recent Cape Town AIDS conference showed a shift in the global mood on HIV.
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/ 9 December 2013
Researchers at a Spanish hospital say they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV.
Breast milk gives infants all the nutrients they need for strong development.
There is hope that the next generation of children in Malawi may be born HIV free.
A great challenge in finding ways to engage adolescents and young people on how to protect themselves from HIV and Aids.
Young people living with HIV have unique needs that paediatric and adult programmes are not designed to meet.
Jeffrey Moyo tells the story of a 17-year-old mother who has unprotected sex with two boyfriends.
Donors pledge $12-billion to fight diseases.
Women living with HIV can transmit the virus to their babies during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding.
Innovative responses to HIV and Aids allow countries to make rapid, cost-effective gains against the epidemic.
Comment by Craig McClure, the chief of HIV and Aids at Unicef.
Reports states that great progress has been made to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
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/ 3 December 2013
As the world recently marked World Aids Day, Africa Check has investigated the evidence behind three claims of an Aids breakthrough "cure".
While 20-million people have been tested for HIV in South Africa, there are still shortages of medicines and mismanagement in the health sector.
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/ 11 September 2013
Some have lauded the draft policy, saying it could make medication cheaper, but others say it is "unimpressive" and "almost contradictory".
A new drug, Tivicay, that could be vital in the struggle against HIV, might not be available to those who need it the most.
From contraception for schoolchildren to PrePex circumcisions, we discuss the Aids-prevention efforts debated at the SA Aids conference.
How SA women will benefit from an HPV vaccine, which the government will introduce next year, will strongly depend on the virus’s link with HIV.
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.
New medicine combines ARVs into one pill, making them easier to supply.
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.
South Africa’s fight against HIV and Aids has in a very short time become a success story, says President Jacob Zuma.
Hundreds of sex workers who said they were denied visas to attend an international Aids conference in the US have begun their own meeting in protest.
For most women, being HIV-positive makes them victims of many forms of violence, a new report has found. Aneesa Fazel reports.
A labour dispute is boiling at the South African National Aids Council, raising concerns over their ability to implement the national strategic plan.
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/ 9 December 2011
The great news this past year is that now scientists have tentatively offered us a way to end Aids.
President Jacob Zuma has presented a five-year plan to reduce new HIV and TB infections by 50%.
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/ 30 November 2011
UN health agencies say extraordinary progress has been made in the fight against Aids but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk.
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/ 29 November 2011
South Africa has an estimated 5.7-million people living with HIV and Aids, more than any other country on Earth.
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/ 29 November 2011
A gel researchers once hailed as a breakthrough in the prevention of HIV transmission among women, has been shown to be ineffective.