Hiv Prevention Strategy

Could an implant the size of a match stick save teenage girls from HIV? Find out.

Podcasts Mia Malan - 12 Jun 2019

Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan talks to HIV scientist Salim Abdool Karim about his research on risky relationships of young women and older men.

Theatre company breaks down barriers to communication

Article Advertorial Supplement - 30 Nov 2018

Investing in the Future Youth Development Award. Winner: Drama for Life Theatre Company Project

Hlokomela takes healthcare to women who need it most

Article Advertorial Supplement - 30 Nov 2018

Investing in the Future Health Award Winner: Hlokomela Women's Clinic

Could R100 a month be enough to keep South Africa’s young women HIV free?

Article Catherine Sozi - 29 Nov 2018

In a world hemmed in by patriarchy and poverty, cash transfers could be the missing link in SA’s HIV prevention programmes.

You can’t transmit HIV if you take ARVs correctly and are virally suppressed

Article Mia Malan & Bhekisisa Team - 24 Jul 2018

Researchers once again confirmed: It’s impossible for HIV-positive people on treatment to transmit the virus through sex — this time among gay men.

PrEPing young women for the HIV prevention pill

Article Bhekisisa Team - 1 Dec 2017

This tablet can help to protect the country's young women from contracting HIV.

Trans men: The ‘invisible’ group in SA’s HIV health plan

Article Carl Collison - 29 Jun 2017

Activists have red-flagged how the HIV prevention plan for the LGBTI community doesn’t cater for transgender men who have sex with other men

LGBTI-focused national HIV plan launched

Article Carl Collison - 23 Jun 2017

"A recent report found that the stigmatisation of homosexuality has made public health interventions difficult to implement effectively."

Do medically circumcised men take more risks in the bedroom?

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 28 Mar 2017

New research may have finally answered an old question.

Malawi to halt prosecutions against LGBTI community

Article Josephine Chinele - 17 Mar 2017

Malawi says it will no longer enforce anti-homosexuality laws but dangerous homophobia persists on the country's streets - and in its clinics.

Could six injections a year protect you from HIV infection?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Jan 2017

A new injectable drug could change the face of HIV prevention and the revolution might start right here in South Africa.

South Africa on the cusp of HIV vaccine breakthrough

Article bogdan TagDiv - 22 Nov 2016

Recently the first participants in the HVTN 702 study received jabs of a vaccine that could stop HIV in its tracks

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