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The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could end Aids in SA by 2032
Health
/ 9 April 2025

The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could end Aids in SA by 2032

A modelling study released in March gives a clue at which price the jab, lenacapavir, would be worth the health department’s while

By Mia Malan
The Global Fund will roll out the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab — with or without Pepfar
Health
/ 5 March 2025

The Global Fund will roll out the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab — with or without Pepfar

In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support

By Ida Jooste
How the health department will deal with Pepfar’s near collapse
Health
/ 20 February 2025

How the health department will deal with Pepfar’s near collapse

Until recently, the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief funded nonprofits in South Africa to help provincial health departments test people for HIV and put them on treatment

By Mia Malan
Trump’s funding cuts hit HIV, GBV services hard
Health
/ 15 February 2025

Trump’s funding cuts hit HIV, GBV services hard

The US president’s cutting of financial support has cut life-saving treatment for many in SA

By Umamah Bakharia
Some Pepfar projects can now restart in full, without a waiver
Health
/ 13 February 2025

Some Pepfar projects can now restart in full, without a waiver

A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants

By Mia Malan
UPDATE | Embassy confirms Pepfar projects will restart, despite Trump aid ban
Health
/ 11 February 2025

UPDATE | Embassy confirms Pepfar projects will restart, despite Trump aid ban

Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities

By Mia Malan
Popping into your local pharmacy for anti-HIV pills and jabs could help slow new infections. So why is it not allowed in SA?
Health
/ 20 August 2024

Popping into your local pharmacy for anti-HIV pills and jabs could help slow new infections. So why is it not allowed in SA?

A programme meant to allow pharmacists and nurses working at private pharmacies to prescribe HIV treatment or anti-HIV pills and jabs is on hold because of a drawn-out court case

By Angela Tembo and Tsitsi Nyamuzihwa
How does anti-HIV medication work — and would you use it?
Health
/ 22 January 2024

How does anti-HIV medication work — and would you use it?

Implementation trials start soon in South Africa to help researchers find out what will make people use a two-monthly anti-HIV jab

By Linda Pretorius
Four ways to make it easy to take the HIV prevention pill
Health
/ 2 December 2022

Four ways to make it easy to take the HIV prevention pill

The Aurum Institute is making it easier for people to get HIV prevention medication

By Maria Sibanyoni, Jacqueline Pienaar, Vuyolwethu Ncube and Matshidiso Chabane
HIV prevention should be like fast food. This data shows why
Health
/ 19 April 2022

HIV prevention should be like fast food. This data shows why

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

By Mia Malan and Laura Grant
South Africa Aids gains in danger as it grapples with Covid-19
Health
/ 2 December 2021

South Africa Aids gains in danger as it grapples with Covid-19

Sex education will help prevent new HIV infections, expert says

By Marcia Zali
‘Where the governments see statistics, I see the faces of my friends’
Health
/ 1 December 2020

‘Where the governments see statistics, I see the faces of my friends’

Yvette Raphael describes herself as a ‘professional protester, sjambok feminist and hater of trash’. Government officials would likely refer to her as ‘a rebel’. She’s fought for equality her entire life, she says. And she’s scared of no one

By Khadija Patel
Sex workers abandoned as Covid-19 crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV efforts
Africa
/ 4 June 2020

Sex workers abandoned as Covid-19 crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV efforts

Controlling Covid-19 may worsen Africa’s HIV epidemic by stopping state and civil society health services built up over 35 years

By Lydia Namubiru, The Continent, Khatondi Soita Wepukhulu and Kerry Cullinan
Bringing home baby when your bae is HIV-positive and you’re not
Article
/ 21 August 2019

Bringing home baby when your bae is HIV-positive and you’re not

Sperm washing, assisted insemination and long hospital waits — if you were lucky. This is what pregnancy when you were HIV-positive used to look like

By Nelisiwe Msomi
Could an implant the size of a match stick save teenage girls from HIV? Find out.
Podcasts
/ 12 June 2019

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

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

By Mia Malan and Dylan Bush
Making the sale: Re-branding the HIV prevention pill for women
Article
/ 29 March 2019

Making the sale: Re-branding the HIV prevention pill for women

Since the country’s national rollout, less than a quarter of people who’ve started taking PrEP are young women — despite high HIV rates among them.

By Nelisiwe Msomi and Bhekisisa Team
Men, the HIV prevention pill just got easier. Get the ‘2-1-1’ on what to know
Article
/ 25 February 2019

Men, the HIV prevention pill just got easier. Get the ‘2-1-1’ on what to know

Men who have sex with men can now safely use the HIV prevention pill before and after sex, instead of every day.

By Laura López González
‘HIV is my unwanted pregnancy’
Article
/ 25 February 2019

‘HIV is my unwanted pregnancy’

If you are a man who has sex with men, the HIV prevention pill just keeps getting better. Find out how.

By Staff Reporter
Why two pills before and after sex could help to save you from HIV
Article
/ 24 July 2018

Why two pills before and after sex could help to save you from HIV

Men who have sex with men can now take on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, safely.

By Mia Malan and Bhekisisa Team
PrEPing young women for the HIV prevention pill
Article
/ 1 December 2017

PrEPing young women for the HIV prevention pill

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

By Pontsho Pilane and Bhekisisa Team
I’m a nurse and this is why SA should decriminalise sex work
Article
/ 27 June 2017

I’m a nurse and this is why SA should decriminalise sex work

Why would humanitarian workers support the call to decriminalize sex work? Sometimes bombs, floods aren’t the only threats to our patients.

By Staff Reporter
Should everyone be getting the HIV prevention pill as part of this new study?
Article
/ 22 June 2017

Should everyone be getting the HIV prevention pill as part of this new study?

Only some study participants have access to the tablet that can cut the risk of HIV infection by more than 90%.

By Nelisiwe Msomi
Could six injections a year protect you from HIV infection?
Article
/ 6 January 2017

Could six injections a year protect you from HIV infection?

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

By Pontsho Pilane
Is the HIV prevention pill a ‘magic bullet’?
Article
/ 30 November 2016

Is the HIV prevention pill a ‘magic bullet’?

PrEP is not a magic bullet. But we won’t end the HIV epidemic without it.

By Mitchell Warren
Sex work’s new tools of the trade
Article
/ 29 November 2016

Sex work’s new tools of the trade

Peer educators spread the word about HIV prevention one little blue pill at a time

By Pontsho Pilane
How to prevent HIV with a pill
Videos
/ 27 November 2016

How to prevent HIV with a pill

Mia Malan answers six important questions about the HIV prevention pill in three minutes.

By Dylan Bush
​‘Closing the HIV treatment gap won’t be easy and it will take a global effort’
Analysis
/ 20 July 2016

​‘Closing the HIV treatment gap won’t be easy and it will take a global effort’

​What has been achieved since the International Aids conference was last held in Durban shows that extraordinary progress is possible.

By Staff Reporter
#AIDS2016:“I’ve taken control of my sex life. I use an HIV prevention pill.”
Article
/ 18 July 2016

#AIDS2016:“I’ve taken control of my sex life. I use an HIV prevention pill.”

An HIV prevention pill can reduce HIV-negative people’s chances of contracting HIV by more than 90%.

By Mia Malan
#AIDS2016: From medical circumcision to vaccines, these seven things will change HIV
Article
/ 18 July 2016

#AIDS2016: From medical circumcision to vaccines, these seven things will change HIV

We know more than ever about how to prevent HIV infection, including what may someday lead to the world’s first HIV vaccine.

By Staff Reporter
#AIDS2016: New science may put the power to prevent HIV in women’s hands
Article
/ 13 July 2016

#AIDS2016: New science may put the power to prevent HIV in women’s hands

Being able to take a pill discreetly, as women have done with contraceptives since the 1950s, is an HIV prevention revolution.

By Linda-Gail Bekker
HIV-prevention pill: The deeply personal journey of a male sex worker in Kenya
Article
/ 20 June 2016

HIV-prevention pill: The deeply personal journey of a male sex worker in Kenya

A pill dispenser with an electronic cap monitors daily adherence to a regimen that may curb HIV among sex workers – and in broader society.

By Staff Reporter
Twenty things you need to know about how to prevent HIV with a pill
Article
/ 21 April 2016

Twenty things you need to know about how to prevent HIV with a pill

Need to know more about PrEP? Mia Malan talks to Dr Kevin Rebe to answer your questions.

By Mia Malan
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