Inequity in Covid vaccine access echoes mistakes from the HIV response. In the forty years since Aids was first identified, there have also been several lessons on how to contain a pandemic. Starting with equity and supporting health systems
The fact that access to quality healthcare is determined by race, gender, geography and power is proven, as is healthcare’s shameful history of exploitation of those with less power for ‘research’. The future must do better
South Africa lost one of its most prominent HIV doctors this weekend to Covid-related complications. Dr Sindi will be remembered for her ability to make HIV and reproductive health knowledge accessible to her hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers.
Pandemic disrupts the supply of external condoms — and inner ones are unknown and in short supply
Yvette Raphael describes herself as a ‘professional protester, sjambok feminist and hater of trash’. Government officials would likely refer to her as ‘a rebel’. She’s fought for equality her entire life, she says. And she’s scared of no one
New research from seven countries in Africa signals the future of HIV prevention — but what can it learn from its past?
Toxic masculinities help drive everything from HIV infection rates to gender-based violence. But before we ask, what does it mean to be a ‘man’ in South Africa, should we wonder what it’s like to be a boy?
Let us please not repeat the devastating Aids story where people died of shame rather than admit being infected by the virus
More than a quarter of prisoners have not been convicted of anything, they just couldn’t meet bail requirements
Anthropologists ask the difficult questions about human behaviour and also provide the difficult answers
Research at Stellenbosch University looks at the link between viral infections and cardiovascular disease
In Africa, more people will die as a result of what we are doing to prevent Covid-19 than will be saved by doing it
The coronavirus outbreak through the eyes of a South African doctor in Seattle
Scientists are seeking to manufacture key medications in South Africa, saving on costs and shoring up decreased supplies
Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach
Africa is no stranger to dealing with epidemics. A regional body has been established to co-ordinate responses, but fault lines are evident at a national level
People who are self-isolating — the middle and upper class, especially — must take care not to endanger other lives in the process. We must all be human to the humans around us
This is no time to snigger at the high rates of coronavirus in the Global North. We could be just as hard hit — and it is poor people who will suffer the most
The health minister is positive that all those who came into contact with the infected Durban man will be identified and quarantined
According to the Commission for Gender Equality’s latest report, this practice is a direct attack on HIV-positive women
The health minister is positive that all those who came into contact with the infected Durban man will be identified and quarantined
The US Mission in South Africa is developing determined, resilient, empowered, Aids-free, mentored and safe young women through its Dreams programme
Collection times for chronic medication have been hugely reduced
The theme for this year’s World Aids Day stressed “communities”. We need to unpack this terminology, particularly with regards to the queer community
Sperm washing, assisted insemination and long hospital waits — if you were lucky. This is what pregnancy when you were HIV-positive used to look like
We need to resist the patriarchy, racism, sexism and capitalist greed that is still prevalent on the globe
Salim Abdool Karim joins Newton, Hawking and Einstein as a member of an extraordinary society
Malawi’s president faces stiff competition. But the politics will be different even if he doesn’t win
One in three sex workers in South Africa say they’ve been raped by a police officer. Could a change in the law solve this?
Women and men must together gather the resolve it takes for change to take hold everywhere
Leaving home means leaving your friends, family and social support. But it’s worse than that.
Does sex work legislation have an impact on gender-based violence and HIV infection rates? We traveled to Amsterdam and Durban to find out.