Antiretroviral Drugs
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180 000 infections in 2024, 47 000 by 2045 — if SA rolls out the twice-a-year HIV prevention jab fast enough
The HIV prevention shot, lenacapavir, will be rolled out at South African clinics within the next couple of months and from 2027, the health department will also buy generics.…
SA’s first batch of LEN jabs will arrive in February. Use Bhekisisa’s dashboard to find out who should get them
Who should get what slice of the pie once the medicine is available in public clinics? And are numbers alone what would drive decisions?
Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cuts
According to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids…
Two drugmakers will sell the 6-monthly anti-HIV jab for the price of the daily prevention pill
Hetero and Dr Reddy’s will be funded by the Gates Foundation and Unitaid to produce and sell the twice-a-year anti-HIV shot around R692 per person a year
SA gets R520 million to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab – but there’s a snag
The country isn’t getting extra money from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria; it has to use cash from a grant it has already been awarded and was cut by 16% in June
Not easy to track how well South Africa is doing with getting people on to ARVs
The world has 18 months left to reach targets that all United Nations member countries signed up to in 2021
The renal revolutionary
From silent killer to centre stage, Dr June Fabian is spotlighting kidney disease in Africa
Risks & benefits: new HIV drug combo could change the course of SA’s epidemic
South Africa’s next chapter in HIV treatment holds amazing promise, but unlocking it rests on having the right kind of discussions with women
The quest for the (vaginal) ring
The HIV prevention tablet is now available in South Africa but popping a pill every day to stay HIV-negative may not be for everyone
Mark Heywood: ‘I was pitched against the very government I had fought for’
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
Exposed: Southern African trio ‘sold expired ARVs’ in Europe at a 4 000% markup
Life-saving HIV drugs were allegedly diverted from Africa’s public health system to sell in Europe.
#AIDS2016: Five things African journalists want to know from Bill Gates
Bill Gates was at the International Aids Conference this week. He spent time with five African journalists. Here is what they wanted to know.
#AIDS2016: From medical circumcision to vaccines, these seven things will change HIV
We know more than ever about how to prevent HIV infection, including what may someday lead to the world’s first HIV vaccine.
#AIDS2016: HIV may be a prescribed benefit, but not all medical schemes cover ARVs
In theory medical aids fund ARVs, but in practice it’s a complex process, say doctors and activists.
SA makes great strides in treating ‘strong’ TB
The country has one of the highest tuberculosis burdens. But it is rapidly gaining access to new diagnostic tools and medicine for drug-resistant TB.