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.
African leaders at the UN Aids summit have asked for money to deal with the pandemic and to reach the Millenium Development Goals.
TB and HIV-infected patients who can’t pay for high-end medical insurance but can afford GP visits opt for state care, which offers better treatment.
Is the government a champion of the rights of sexual minorities?
HIV prevention, the mainstay of the response to the HIV epidemic, is in danger of falling off the global agenda.
Circumcision is a physical event that always has cultural significance, writes <b>Deborah Ewing</b> and <b>Pieter Fourie</b>.
An active approach to identifying TB at the community level is needed in a country with one of the highest rates of the disease in the world.
Young South Africans do not perceive themselves to be at risk of contracting HIV, which make calls for innovative education more urgent.
The pandemic has placed a strain on education. <b>Lesley Wood</b> gives teachers some pointers on how to deal with this subject.
Messages from years of Aids campaigns are finally filtering down to the dingy streets of Johannesburg where sex workers turn tricks.
In a venture aimed at getting tomorrow’s leaders tested today, a university-based HIV counselling and testing campaign has been launched.
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/ 9 February 2011
Fear of infection and social change have driven a huge decline in HIV rates in Zimbabwe, offering important lessons on how to fight the Aids pandemic.
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/ 3 February 2011
Nearly three million lives have been saved by HIV/Aids treatment, according to a new book commissioned by the United Nations.
South Africa has received a major boost to fight Aids, TB and malaria, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Sunday.
Contradictory statements issued by department of health officials about the controversial Tara KLamp, leaves many scratching their heads.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and SA Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane have signed an agreement to bolster the fight against Aids in SA.
There has been a "massive reduction" in the prices of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
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/ 10 December 2010
Inadequate training is a barrier to successfully preventing TB infection in HIV patients.
Much has been done to combat HIV and Aids in Africa, but those gains are now in jeopardy.
Strategies include harder bargaining over prices paid for ARVs and earlier onset of treatment.
SA’s health minister is concerned at the cost of coping with Aids in the country with the world’s largest number of HIV-positive citizens.
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/ 1 December 2010
A generation of babies could be born free of Aids if the international community stepped up efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention.
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/ 21 November 2010
South Africans living with Aids are being robbed of their lifesaving drugs so that they can be mixed with marijuana and smoked.
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/ 10 November 2010
It’s no great medical breakthrough, just a simple colour-coded box packed with HIV drugs and pictures.
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/ 14 October 2010
The multibillion-dollar porn industry in the San Fernando has been thrown into crisis after one of its performers tested positive for HIV.
More lives are being saved from HIV/Aids than ever before and eight developing countries now give drug treatment to all those who need it.
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/ 29 September 2010
A record 1,2-million people in low- and middle-income countries started antiretroviral therapy for HIV/Aids in 2009, the WHO said on Tuesday.
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/ 19 September 2010
Success in halting infection in sub-Saharan Africa could falter as international aid starts to shrink, warns UNAids chief.
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/ 17 September 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa, the region worst affected by Aids, is leading a decline in new HIV infections, UNAids said on Friday.
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/ 10 September 2010
African doctors and rights activists are pressing their governments to spend more on health as part of a campaign to stop children from getting Aids.