To commemorate World Aids Day on 1 December, here are 10 movies on the subject which educated and entertained us
On current trends, the world will not meet agreed global targets on Aids, the new UNAids report, Dangerous Inequalities, shows. Urgent action to disrupt the power imbalance of patriarchy can get the Aids response on track
There has been progress in some countries but it’s still a long way off from curtailing tuberculosis on the continent
The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist
Keeping them healthy necessitates an revolution in health systems and how they are financed, especially in poorer communities
Drug trials to test a new HIV prevention method was trialled in South Africa but now the country won’t be able to afford to buy it for the people who need it most. Here’s how to change this.
Peer support has been pivotal to inmates taking responsibility for their health
The country already has hundreds of thousands of children orphaned by Aids and social services cannot cope with numbers boosted by the pandemic
Public health experts disagree with the vaping industry’s argument that imposing a sin tax will lead to a similar path of Aids denialism
KwaZulu-Natal’s state facilities are in the lead when it comes to stocking HIV prevention medicines — 97% of them do — and the Western Cape is the only province where men use HIV prevention medicine more than women
A new study suggests that changes in policies have led to decreased breastfeeding
A new HIV prevention medicine could work even better than daily pills but if nothing changes it costs more than R300 000 to treat one person for a year
Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as denying HIV treatment to state patients
Covid-19 has had a negative impact on blood donations; blood conservation has become a priority
Setting new 90-90-90 targets for CD4 testing, cryptococcal antigen, and TB testing, and treatment, aligned to the WHO AHD package of care would be a positive step towards ending Aids deaths by 2030
Wealthy countries were quick to ban Southern African nations from entering their borders when the Omicron variant was identified, but did not do so to each other.
The HIV pandemic isn’t going anywhere until a cure is found. In the meantime, HIV clinicians say South Africa should protect its victories
Learners writing their final exams are motivated by the delicious fare served at an oasis in Delft, Cape Town
The Fix The Patent Laws Campaign wants Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel to publish amendments to the Patent Act to make all medication affordable
Imraan Coovadia’s new book examines how poison has shaped political affairs in Southern Africa
The availability of blood is crucial for the treatment of acute and chronic diseases and in emergencies such as during child birth
Organ recipients are at greater risk of death from Covid-19, while waiting lists for transplants grow
The Russian-produced vaccine might increase the risk of vaccinated males getting HIV, says South Africa’s health products regulatory authority
President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed the investment, noting that it ‘is a leapfrog to cutting edge technology’
We ask the infectious diseases specialist 18 questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: from how to counter vaccine hesitancy to whether life will ever return to ‘normal’
Safety, side-effects and the jargon-filled scientific information explained for those who have concerns about getting vaccinated
Inequity in Covid vaccine access echoes mistakes from the HIV response. In the forty years since Aids was first identified, there have also been several lessons on how to contain a pandemic. Starting with equity and supporting health systems
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that South Africa could count on him to fix the inequalities associated with combating the virus
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that vaccine development and testing timelines can be shrunk from decades to months, but not without shortcomings
COMMENT: The AU has laid out a clear path for the continent to produce its own vaccines
South Africa lost one of its most prominent HIV doctors this weekend to Covid-related complications. Dr Sindi will be remembered for her ability to make HIV and reproductive health knowledge accessible to her hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers.
Feminist activist groups still demand justice for human-right violations against women living with HIV