On the same day we commemorated World Aids Day 2024, I was at the vigil of a former classmate and fallen soldier who died of HIV related illnesses in Kenya. Amid the sadness of the demise of a younger soldier it was an opportunity to take stock of the situation and renew our commitment to […]
To commemorate World Aids Day on 1 December, here are 10 movies on the subject which educated and entertained us
Treatment Action Campaign and other civil society groups forced a reluctant Mbeki government to change its stance and roll out ARVs
After missing the global HIV/Aids targets, new benchmarks that put people at the centre, especially those most at risk, need to be set
The theme for this year’s World Aids Day stressed “communities”. We need to unpack this terminology, particularly with regards to the queer community
Keeping girls at school could reduce their vulnerability to infection. But women’s lack of empowerment will affect this intervention’s success
Traces of the drugs are found in urine and faeces, but water treatment plants are not designed to remove them
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/ 2 December 2015
The global TB rate has been falling by 1.5% per year – far slower than the 10% yearly declines needed to end TB within twenty years.
Our failure to adequately engage men with health services reduces the effectiveness of the many impressive, new HIV prevention breakthroughs.
The health minister has stressed the importance of improving tuberculosis treatment so as to help mitigate the drastic impact of TB-HIV co-infection.
December 1 is #WorldAisDay: HIV was discovered more than 30 years ago. Why do we still stigmatise HIV-infected people?
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/ 30 November 2014
Although 65% of South Africans reportedly have been tested for HIV at least once, annual testing figures are much lower.
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/ 27 November 2014
The health minister and UNAids are jumping the gun by not consulting activists.
Mabele helped lead the fight for antiretrovirals in SA. A memorial service will be held for her today. This was her last interview with Bhekisisa.
As a result of an NGO in the Eastern Cape using incentives to encourage people to check their status, HIV testing has tripled in four villages.
Kgalema Motlanthe has lauded antiretroviral programmes and HIV counselling and testing campaigns, saying the country is "on the right path".
SA has the most people living with HIV in the world, but facilities like the Themba Lethu clinic are helping those infected to cope and survive.
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/ 3 December 2011
The alleged ban was the result of a request from Italy’s ministry of health, says the <i>Corriere della Sera</i> newspaper.
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/ 2 December 2011
South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world.
Orphaned by HIV/Aids-related illnesses at the ages of six and seven, Tandeka and Njabulo have looked after each other for 10 years.
For mining giant Anglo American, combating HIV/Aids among its workforce is both a case of health economics and a moral imperative.
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/ 1 December 2011
SAHARA conference brings together those at the centre of research into the epidemic.
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/ 1 December 2011
SAHARA-J publishes peer-reviewed contributions of the highest quality from researchers in South Africa and other countries in Africa.
A new plan to combat HIV in SA is to be launched today, amid a worldwide funding crisis that threatens to slow progress in the fight against Aids.
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/ 30 November 2011
The number of new HIV/Aids cases in China is soaring, state media has reported, with infection rates among college students and older men rising.
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/ 30 November 2011
UN health agencies say extraordinary progress has been made in the fight against Aids but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk.
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/ 1 December 2010
Despite growing efforts from the government to curb HIV-infections, antiretrovirals are suddenly sought-after as a recreational drug, whoonga.
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/ 13 November 2009
President Jacob Zuma will publicly take an HIV test on World Aids Day, as part of a major new campaign by government.