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/ 17 February 2016
South Africa will soon get its own facility to make tablets to treat HIV and other ailments.
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/ 24 November 2015
A report by UNAids has revealed that SA’s antiretroviral coverage has greatly increased in the last two decades, but remains short of global targets.
New World Health Organisation guidelines recommend anyone infected with HIV is put on ARVs, regardless of their CD4 count.
Some men might be led to believe that the snip can entirely stop HIV infection.
Previous studies to determine how many of South Africa’s 150 000 sex workers are HIV positive have been limited in scope, says Africa Check.
From Boko Haram’s insurgency and the Ebola nightmare, to quack cures and dodgy data, Africa Check investigated dozens of claims in African countries.
While South African life expectancy dropped between 1990 and 2013, the are signs of hope again.
South Africa has one of the fastest-growing diabetes epidemics in the world. But HIV and Aids are reported more truthfully nowadays.
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/ 18 November 2014
The epidemic could end in 15 years if "fast-track targets" are accelerated in the next six years – if not, infection rates could continue to rise.
Has President Jacob Zuma set back the fight against HIV and Aids more than his predecessor? Helen Zille believes so but the evidence shows otherwise.
These stories show how complex health is in Mpumalanga, and how few opportunities there are for disempowered people to change their circumstances.
According to a study, the discovery of how a woman’s body responded to her HIV infection by making antibodies may hold the clue to a cure for Aids.
Judge Edwin Cameron grapples with revealing his HIV status in this extract from his book, "Justice: A Personal Account".
M&G readers comment on comparisons of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, and say we need cool heads when it comes to pharmaceutical drugs.
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/ 17 December 2013
This is the story of two South African HIV positive women who are taking care of their own health and that of their babies by breastfeeding on ARVs.
Mandela regretted not acting on HIV during his presidency, but he made up for it in spades.
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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".
China plans to ban HIV-positive people from spas, hot springs and public bathhouses, provoking UN condemnation and outrage from human rights groups.
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/ 11 October 2013
The country is fighting the intellectual property laws that hiked up the cost of its HIV programme.
Winner: Dr Maheshvari Naidu
Teachers struggle to educate their pupils about sexual matters that they can’t even negotiate in their own lives – like using condoms.
An inaccurate figure that 28% of all schoolgirls in SA were infected with HIV has been reported as fact by a multitude of news agencies.
Rural areas have always been at the bottom of the list when it comes to healthcare and expenditure.
Farm communities suffer from poor health, alcohol abuse, shoddy service delivery and harsh living conditions.
Reducing maternal and newborn mortality has to be a priority if Africa is to reach its potential.
An Australian scientist has said he discovered how to turn HIV against itself to stop it progressing to Aids.
Without job prospects and a stable future, the youth care little about their wellbeing, says Anton Ressel and Catherine Wijnberg.
The change wrought by the mass distribution of HIV/Aids drugs is akin to a major societal shift, writes David Smith.
Kgalema Motlanthe has lauded antiretroviral programmes and HIV counselling and testing campaigns, saying the country is "on the right path".
SA has the most people living with HIV in the world, but facilities like the Themba Lethu clinic are helping those infected to cope and survive.
The death toll is falling but there is still no hope for an end to the worldwide pandemic.
A new report on the global Aids epidemic shows a more than 50% drop in new HIV infections across 25 countries over the last 10 years.