An amendment to the Health Act allowing counselors to draw blood for HIV testing using a finger prick device will see more people being tested.

Seven out of 10 South Africans with TB also have HIV, yet they have to get their TB and HIV treatment in different clinics.

This year'€™s AVAC Report is the first to be published in the context of clinical trial evidence that an AIDS vaccine is possible. Turning the Page reviews the broader state of'€”and debates around'€”AIDS vaccines and other HIV prevention research.

One of South Africa'€™s most eminent HIV scientists has been accused of causing '€œpreventable deaths'€ during a clinical trial he conducted on people co-infected with HIV and TB.