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Lenacapavir is a twice-yearly injection that stops the spread of HIV. (Gilead)

What it would it take to get the 6-monthly anti-HIV jab to South Africa

Lenacapavir drug can be made for as little as R740 per year for each patient

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Why is the Aids conference still held in the Global North?

Researchers find that 96% of health conferences are in rich countries and only four in 10 attendees are from poorer nations with the highest burden of disease

Come for the game, stay for the check-up: Being coached by a former Bafana Bafana player is just one way Whizzkids helps draw young people into its health services. (Wikus de Wet)

An SMS a day keeps teens alive

By making a devastating mistake, this clinic proved it was on the right track

Community health workers didn’t just provide at-home HIV testing. They went into schools to help teach young people sexual and reproductive health and encourage boys to get medically circumcised. (MSF)

#AIDS2016: How a rural community helps each other stay on HIV treatment

An adherence club helped almost all patients stay on their treatment.

#AIDS2016: Medical male circumcision saves millions in lives and costs

Statistics show that voluntary male circumcision is a crucial weapon in the fight to control HIV.

Helen Zille’s short-sighted tweets about HIV and Aids fuel HIV stigma.

​#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.

#AIDS2016: Five things African journalists want to know from Bill Gates

Bill Gates was at the International Aids Conference this week. He spent time with five African journalists. Here is what they wanted to know.

Bill Gates tells the International Aids Conference that we need to reduce HIV infections among teenage girls and women.

#AIDS2016: Bill Gates warns HIV among young Africans could reverse progress

The billionaire philanthropist says we need to focus on curbing infections among teenage girls and young women.

Fewer people are getting tested for HIV than last year.

​‘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.

#AIDS2016: HIV is a social issue and requires a new tack to end the pandemic

The government needs to spend much more on nonmedical interventions, and that comes down to changing the way people interact.

The HIV prevention pill allows users to take control of their sex lives.

#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%.

Knowing your HIV status could curb the spread of the virus

#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.

Patients are still forced to pay out of their own pockets for ARVs

#AIDS2016: ​HIV may be a prescribed benefit, but not all medical schemes cover ARVs

In theory medical aids fund ARVs, but in practice it’s a complex process, say doctors and activists.

A simple test may assist in lowering a young woman’s risk of getting HIV.

​#AIDS2016: This common germ in your vagina makes it easier to get HIV – study

In the vagina’s ecosystem, mundane bacteria matter more than you think.

People cast their ballots for or against the independence of New Caledonia from France. (Theo Rouby/AFP/Getty Images)

​#AIDS2016: ‘Blessers’ are the engine behind the rapid spread of HIV in young women

‘Blessers’ form a crucial link in a cycle of HIV transmission that South Africa has not been able to break.