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.
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