In order for South Africa to be truly united we need to be honest about what is dividing us, writes Khaya Dlanga.
A study published in the latest edition of a leading medical journal explains why the survival rate of HIV-positive women is higher than that of men.
A five-year study of HIV infected people is pointing the way for further work towards a vaccine.
The times of plenty funding for the fight against HIV are over, and the lean years come at a time when the need for funding is rising.
A physiotherapist is pioneering research on an overlooked issue: the effect on mind and body.
The National Health Insurance could be vital in comprehensively improving women’s health, but only if it is designed to do so from the outset.
Africa has been the poor relative with too few representatives at global HIV/Aids conferences. But things are changing, writes Mia Malan.
A ruling by the Namibian High Court brought by women who alleged they were sterilised by state against their will could open door for similar cases.
Many HIV survivors did not expect to live to become elderly, and their retirement years are bleak and lonely, writes Sarah Bosely.
A critical prerequisite to ending Aids is for global leaders to improve the health systems of developing countries – including the drug supply chain.
Men who rape look and act like everyone else, almost right up until they start raping, as confessions on Reddit reveal, writes Megan Carpentier.
A court has ruled that three HIV-positive women were sterilised without informed consent but dismissed claims it was done because of their HIV status.
New evidence has shown that ARVs have the ability to reduce HIV infections of partners dramatically, writes Mia Malan.
The musician has told the International Aids conference the epidemic has been ‘fuelled by stigma, violence and indifference’.
The Nobel laureate who helped to discover HIV, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, says a cure for Aids is in sight following recent discoveries.
HIV activists from Africa and the US have called for a rapid increase in voluntary medical male circumcision in Africa to reduce new infections.
Embarrassingly, Washington’s infection rate tops that of some African countries, writes Sarah Boseley.
South Africa has stopped the distribution of SD Bioline HIV testing kits after reports that they were blacklisted by the World Health Organisation.
Health professionals must note the link between women abuse and an increased risk of infection, writes Kate Joyner
A decade ago, doomsday forecasts asserted the Aids pandemic would sharply curtail African economic growth but two countries have forced a rethink.
South African clinicians have outlined best practice as use of the treatment to prevent infection increases, writes Mia Malan.
A US man whose HIV disappeared after a blood marrow transplant may be showing hints of the disease, sparking debate over whether a cure was achieved.
Although you can never stop taking antiretrovirals, rumours that these little pills will drive you mad are a bald-faced lie, writes Mia Malan.
A study by the Centre for Health and Prevention Studies at New York University has found that the use of tik leads to dangerous sexual behaviour.
Despite the advances in the management of HIV, an effective prophylactic would save billions writes Michel Sidibe, Chidi Nweneka and Margaret McGlynn
Constitutionally, we must respect people’s right to privacy, even with regard to public figures, writes Eusebius McKaiser.
Cataract operations have been transforming the lives of the elderly who look after children, usually orphaned by HIV/Aids.
This eminent medical academic said her teachers were committed to ensuring that she received the best education possible, despite many constraints.
Adults’ attitudes to sex education in SA and across the continent are increasing the risk of children falling pregnant and contracting HIV/Aids.
Aids denialism was not just the hubris of Mbeki; it has emerged from a history of colonialism and science, writes <strong>Hein Marais</strong>.
Government plans to cut HIV infection rate in half by 2017 and completely end the scourge in just 20 years.
The mobility of miners and prevalence of HIV has rendered a large-scale drugs project ineffective.