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Marching for increased AIDS funding

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Civil society groups took to the streets of Durban today , a few hours before the opening of 21st International AIDS Conference, pleading for governments to increase funding for HIV.

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July 18, 2016

Curse of the ‘blessers’

Health, News, Our Health

Health minister launches plan to keep girls in school - and out of the clutches of abusive sugar daddies.

Bontle Motsoeneng
July 18, 2016

Life of challenges for HIV-positive children

Health, Our Health

Thousands of children born HIV positive before effective treatment for their pregnant moms are now teenagers and young adults, struggling to negotiate life’s challenges.

lungilengubane and lungilengubane
July 18, 2016

ARVs for HIV negative sex workers

Health, Our Health

AIDS 2016 It might sound strange, but ARVs can prevent HIV as well as treat it. A new programme using ARVs as pre-exposure prophylaxis was launched recently. Lindiwe Msibi reports...

LindiweMsibi
July 18, 2016

Too soon to speak of the end of AIDS

Health

There has been remarkable progress in the AIDS response. We have come a long way since the 13th International AIDS Conference was hosted in Durban in 2000. Professor Chris Beyrer, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker and Professor Françoise Barré-Sinoussi discuss...

healthe
July 18, 2016

Making the dwindling AIDS dollars go further

Health

As HIV donor funding dwindles, the world is looking for ways to make less money go further – and one of the best investments is using ARVs to prevent new infections in people most at risk.

Amy Green
July 18, 2016

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