A University of Stellenbosch computer scientist has been honoured for his contribution to better understanding HIV.

OPINION: As a parent, educator and citizen of this country, I am pleased with the aggressive approach adopted by our government in its campaign against HIV and AIDS, especially amongst learners in our schools. What I find rather disturbing, however, is the plan by government to introduce HIV testing in schools, without thorough preparation. Are the schools ready for the HIV testing of their learners? By Misheck Ndebele.

OPINION: The Director of the Children's Rights Centre addresses children'€™s rights in the context of HIV. By Cati Vawda.

OPINION: For too long the debate about HIV testing and human rights has largely focused on the implications of the former for the latter: how testing has the potential to undermine rights. Given the experiences of many people living with HIV, this is understandable: many have lost '€“ or been denied '€“ jobs; insurance policies have been denied routinely; access to health care services has often been limited. By Jonathan Berger

OPINION: South Africa'€™s HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan for health has two objectives '€“ reducing the incidence of new HIV infections by half and placing 80% of those in need onto anti-retroviral treatment. As a country, we are making some progress in scaling up our national HIV treatment programmes, but concurrently we need to maintain the status of those that are HIV negative. By Joanne Brink.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) has questioned why two drugs companies are to receive millions of dollars in a vaccine deal being branded as a huge breakthrough for poor countries.

Jonathan Berger of SECTION27 delivered a lecture on the history of HIV in SA at the CROI meeting in Boston this week. Read it here.

Hundreds of religious leaders across the globe are living with HIV, yet are afraid to come out because of the stigma attached to it. INERELA is a network of religious leaders across the globe which gives support to faith-based communities who are afraid to talk about HIV due to the stigma.