Work on HIV prevention may be undone after a boy has died after a medical circumcision procedure.
Successes in the battle against infectious diseases are offset by chronic, noncommunicable illnesses.
HIV diplomacy can be used to help the country become a better, more influential global citizen.
During this initiation season, we look back at what happened in 2013 when bungled initiations cost boys their penises.
A new drug, Tivicay, that could be vital in the struggle against HIV, might not be available to those who need it the most.
The wellbeing of many poor people has deteriorated in the past 15 years.
Reports indicate that fewer South African children are born HIV positive, President Jacob Zuma has revealed.
The province has fallen far behind in the drive to deliver key infrastructure essential for treatment.
A recent international Aids conference lacked input from those living with the HI virus.
A new study to be conducted in South Africa, Uganda and India has sparked a heated debate in the HIV activist and research community.
South Africa’s maternal mortality rate leaves the elderly to deal with its consequences, with many unable to keep up.
Media reports about HIV-infected people being cured of the virus should be read with caution but could these cases give us clues about an antidote?
Situations can get worse for women who are battered by their intimate partners: research now shows they are at higher risk of contracting HIV.
Though progress has been made, Africa must continue the fight against Aids, TB and malaria.
A new combination treatment has been tested in Southern Africa, but it is not available locally.
Indie journalism should be ripe for a kickstart, but microfunding might take more than it gives.
ARVs have stopped children dying, now the former Aids hospice is helping them to thrive.
Women who experience gender-based violence have a higher risk of contracting HIV: this should be considered in South Africa’s prevention strategy.
How SA women will benefit from an HPV vaccine, which the government will introduce next year, will strongly depend on the virus’s link with HIV.
Antiretroviral treatment has given HIV-infected people a longer life, thus increasing the proportion of people living with HIV.
Child support grants can protect teenage girls from sugar daddies.
The state’s hopes for the nonsurgical circumcision device rest on its acceptance in initiation rituals.
President Jacob Zuma says HIV/Aids is major problem facing Africa, which has borne a significant burden as a result of the disease.
Their life expectancy is almost as high as those who are HIV free, yet they pay much more.
An emotional Annie Lennox called on South Africans to do more to fight the scourge of violence against women and children.
The South African National Aids Council says it aims to have three million people receiving antiretroviral therapy by 2015.
As the fallout regarding misinformation about vaccines and antiretrovirals shows, words can kill.
New medicine combines ARVs into one pill, making them easier to supply.
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Patients go without key drugs as the province and suppliers trade blame for antiretroviral shortages.
HIV counsellors play a vital role in Lesotho’s health system, but the money is running out.
World TB Day is on March 24: We look at plans to curb the disease’s spread – in prisons and beyond.