New evidence has shown that ARVs have the ability to reduce HIV infections of partners dramatically, writes Mia Malan.
South African clinicians have outlined best practice as use of the treatment to prevent infection increases, writes Mia Malan.
Physiotherapists and other health professionals play a crucial yet unacknowledged role in HIV-infected patients’ lives.
Research reveals that rape survivors have little access to information about prophylaxis, a vital drug in minimising the chances of contracting HIV.
A deep-rural hospital has become a beacon of hope, thanks to dedicated individuals.
HIV has been around for a long time but there are still some serious misunderstandings about it, writes <b>Mia Malan</b>.
International researchers this week urged African governments and donors to dramatically increase HIV treatment programmes on the continent.
A state-owned pharmaceutical company providing ARVs is not a clear remedy for cheaper and more efficient manufacturing of the life-saving medication.
Swaziland has only two months’ supplies of antiretroviral drugs, which Aids patients and activists say is a death sentence for thousands.
30 Years after the first cases of Aids were reported, 17 since the end of apartheid — here’s a story about how the virus has helped bridge division.
The successes of SA’s first public-sector ARV programme shows governments what can be achieved ahead of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Aids.
About 1.4-million South Africans with HIV/Aids are receiving ARVs — a figure closer to the target set by the present national strategic plan.
National transmission rates of perinatal HIV infection are falling but the past is still with us, writes <b>Martinique Stilwell</b>.
Circumcision is a physical event that always has cultural significance, writes <b>Deborah Ewing</b> and <b>Pieter Fourie</b>.
New tender must leave space to manoeuvre.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said he will not make his HIV test results public as that would put pressure on people who did not follow suit.
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/ 6 November 2009
The world’s second-biggest drug company is cutting its prices for some countries – but not for HIV patients, writes Qudsiya Karrim.
The chaos in the Free State Meditech software monitoring system has serious implications for the province’s already crisis-ridden response to HIV.
The 2009-10 budget for ARV provision will fall short by R1-billion if the numbers of infected people continue to grow.
ARV shortages are compounded by the increase in people needing treatment.
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/ 27 February 2009
The new ART guidelines strictly state that initiation of treatment should not be delayed for more than a week in patients who fit certain criteria.
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/ 20 February 2009
Drug manufacturing companies have come forward to help government fill a shortfall of ARVs drugs at various facilities in the Free State.
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/ 11 February 2009
Provincial health budgets are in the red, and are putting Trevor Manuel under intense pressure to ride to the rescue in his budget today.
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/ 25 November 2008
Non-emergency operations in Free State public hospitals are being held over for two months to save money, the Department of Health said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 October 2008
The former health minister’s Bill to regulate medicines has been amended, writes Jonathan Berger.
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/ 25 September 2008
One of the key anti-TB drugs, rifampicin, increases the speed at which one class of ARVs is broken down by the body.