We could be just months away from knowing whether Depo-Provera use is linked to a higher risk of HIV infection in women.
South Africa boasts the world’s largest HIV treatment programme but are provinces ready to take the lead?
Zion Medical can’t explain the poor treatment Ugandan patients got as part of its ‘trial’ and its recent announcement may have added to the harm.
#TrackingTheNSP: Ahead of World Aids Day, hear just how far provinces have come putting the national plan into practice.
Ugandan campaigners are warned they will break the country’s anti-homosexuality law if they open the safe space.
How could a baby get an organ from a person living with HIV and not automatically contract the virus? The experts weigh in.
Watch live as the University of the Witwatersrand announces this groundbreaking liver transplant.
Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez takes you inside SA’s national HIV and TB plan in just two minutes.
Life Orientation 2.0? Why it may be time for a new take on an old subject.
Newer, lifesaving drugs for South Africa’s "silent" killer aren’t yet available in the country.
It’s been a steep learning curve for districts that sometimes don’t have the know-how — or the data — to write and track local plans.
Take a look at the newest HIV treatment set to hit South Africa’s shores in 2019.
Watch as our Mia Malan moderates the discussion.
SA has a chance to lead the world in realising Madiba’s dream this September as the United Nations convenes its first high level meeting on TB.
More than four-million people in the country are now on antiretroviral treatment.
Global Citizen says it hopes that the run-up to the festival would raise commitments of $1 billion to help the world’s poorest
HIV is a mirror that reflects how we think about society. It exposes our prejudices. Find out how to tell interesting stories about it.
It’s been a bumper year for trouble for the country’s healthcare system and it’s only June. Here’s everything you might have missed.
A tale of two cities: Durban ditches drug users while Tshwane becomes the first city in SA to pioneer and fund new ways to keep them safe.
Sex workers tell of being tortured, including being beaten with sjamboks.
Reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng explains to Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan why age-disparate relationships make women more vulnerable to HIV.
Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh will be the first African head of state to be tried for violating the rights of HIV-positive people.
You might need to bring your own clippers the next time you visit the barber because a close shave could impact your health
No one sells them openly, no one admits to owning one, and no one has been arrested— but Zambia is waging a fierce campaign against sex dolls
The new commander-in-chief has made promises, but how likely is he to deliver?
Activists warn new data shows government may have invested millions into the wrong female condom and may be on the verge of doing it again.
The latest national HIV survey found about 72% of women 15 years and older said they had tested for HIV. Only six out of 10 men could say the same.
"The cost of this Bosasa looting has been paid by immigrants detained in inhumane and undignified conditions at Lindela", the DA says.
HIV-positive people who have very low levels of HIV in their blood can’t sexually transmit the virus. Here’s what it means for you & SA.
How science discovered that ARVs can bring the levels of HIV in the blood to levels so low it’s virtually undetectable – and impossible to transmit.
This tablet can help to protect the country’s young women from contracting HIV.
A vaginal ring could one day offer women dual protection against HIV infection and unwanted pregnancies. Unless this happens.