President Jacob Zuma has presented a five-year plan to reduce new HIV and TB infections by 50%.
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/ 16 September 2011
The promotion, support and protection of breastfeeding is critical to turn the tide against child mortality.
HIV doctors argue that mothers should be able to choose how they feed their babies.
"Despite modern scientific advances, no scientist has been able to incorporate immune protection into formula milk." — <b>Aaron Motsoaledi</b>.
One-size-fits-all policy for HIV-positive mothers could reverse gains made in saving infant lives.
HIV has been around for a long time but there are still some serious misunderstandings about it, writes <b>Mia Malan</b>.
Doctors in the HIV field and mothers infected have reacted with doubt to the health minister’s announcement of an "exclusive breastfeeding" policy.
South Africa is one of a handful of countries that have done little to reduce maternal deaths, writes <b>Mia Malan</b>.
A cheap, highly portable blood test has proven to be as accurate as expensive hospital-based analyses in detecting infectious diseases.
Millions of South African men — myself included — tremble in fear of pronouncements from the ANCYL and its leaders, Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu
Hundreds of people with HIV took to the streets of Swaziland to protest over poor health service delivery and a reported shortage of ARV treatment.
International researchers this week urged African governments and donors to dramatically increase HIV treatment programmes on the continent.
After 30 years of Aids prevention efforts, global leaders may now need to shift their focus to spending more on drugs used to treat the syndrome.
On June 5 1981 epidemiologists reported a baffling event: five young gay men in Los Angeles, all previously healthy, had fallen ill with pneumonia.
If people knew their status, new infections would decrease. The question is how to achieve this.
National transmission rates of perinatal HIV infection are falling but the past is still with us, writes <b>Martinique Stilwell</b>.
Uganda on Friday shelved an anti-gay Bill that would have brought in the death penalty for certain homosexual acts after the US slammed it.
About 50% of men who have sex with other men in Soweto are HIV positive, writes <b>Yngve Sjolund</b>.
We pay for antibacterial wipes while Third World children die because of a lack of basic sanitation.
A large trial of the drug Truvada, hoped to be a successful HIV-preventing treatment for women, has been halted after it was found to be ineffective.
Universal access to antiretroviral therapy could have saved more than 4,37-million children in Africa from becoming orphans.
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/ 1 December 2010
More than 4,6-million South Africans took an HIV test since April, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said at a World Aids Day event in Mpumalanga.
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/ 30 November 2010
As the world looks toward new prevention technologies, majority of men who have sex with men report no easy access to condoms and lubricant.
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/ 30 November 2010
Three different women in rural Swaziland tell the story of living with HIV and how the stigma might still be living on.
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/ 26 November 2010
The disproportionate burden of HIV/Aids borne by women and girls in most developing countries requires urgent attention. At the heart of the problem is profound gender inequality and inequity, coupled with the systematic disempowerment of women, condoned by society for generations. Although a global problem, it is particularly evident in developing countries and the HIV/Aids […]
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/ 24 November 2010
Campaigners say breakthrough with once-a-day pill could change approaches to preventing HIV and Aids.
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/ 23 November 2010
The pope’s suggestion that condoms could be used in limited situations has grabbed the attention of Africa which has a soaring number of Catholics.
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/ 10 November 2010
Using SMSs to remind HIV patients to take their dose of medication can give a major boost to drug adherence, a study in Kenya showed.
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/ 8 November 2010
A policeman rampaged through three bars in a central Kenyan town, killing 10, looking for a woman who infected him with HIV.
Advocates claim that the United Nations "has failed women", and that a new women’s agency was already lacking transparency.
Supporters of three HIV-positive women in Namibia who say they were sterilized without their consent have held protests to support the women.