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How close is South Africa to meeting its HIV treatment goals? We look at the numbers. (NIAID/Wikimedia)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

Motsoaledi’s big HIV treatment jump: Is it true?

Last month, the health minister said more than half a million previously diagnosed people with HIV have been started on treatment since the end of February

  • Linda Pretorius
  • Jacques Verryn
8 min read
The impact of the Trump administration’s slashing of over half of South Africa’s HIV and TB projects funded by the US government, transcends reduced access to HIV testing and HIV prevention and treatment drugs. Treatment for diabetes, high blood pressure, cervical cancer, depression and anxiety will become harder to come by too. (Flickr)
ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY

Trump’s HIV funding cuts will also hit diabetes, cervical cancer and depression hard

As government clinics take on HIV patients who were previously treated by Pepfar-funded projects, the treatment of conditions like diabetes and heart disease will come under…

  • Zano Kunene
10 min read
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BHEKISISA TEAM

Eight ways to make HIV stories meaningful

HIV is a mirror that reflects how we think about society. It exposes our prejudices. Find out how to tell interesting stories about it.

  • Mia Malan
  • Bhekisisa Team
2 min read
Slate politics was established at the ANC national conference in Polokwane when Jacob Zuma faced off against the party’s president Thabo Mbeki. this was the beginning of two distinct political camps.
HIV

HIV stigma: ‘The fear of being blamed for being different is too much to face’

Aids is a mirror that reflects how we think about society. It exposes our prejudices and our lack of ability to embrace diversity.

  • Mia Malan
6 min read
Helen Zille’s short-sighted tweets about HIV and Aids fuel HIV stigma.
HELEN ZILLE

​#AIDS2016: Yes, Helen Zille racism and inequality do fuel the spread of HIV

The Western Cape premier should know that inequality, not just science, lies at the root of the Aids epidemic.

  • Mia Malan
3 min read
HIV treatment has, for the first time, been made in Africa.
HIV

#AIDS2016: Employees, particularly domestic workers, report forced HIV testing

Coerced testing usually follows employer offers to pay for private medical care.

  • Laura Lopez Gonzalez
2 min read