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Need double the efficiency, says Gates
If we are going to treat twice as many people with HIV, we need to double our efficiency because we’re not going to get double the money, warned billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates.
HIV won’t stop without gay community – Elton John
Sir Elton John believes that the spread of HIV will not be curbed unless everyone is drawn into the battle – gay and lesbian groups included.
Roche ‘booby-trapped’ for cancer drug price
Women protesting against the high cost of breast cancer medicine draped bras all over pharmaceutical company Roche’s stand at the AIDS 2016 conference.
Study offers new protection to teenagers.
South Africa has the highest HIV infections rate among adolescent new adolescent girls and a new study by the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre is currently testing antiretrovirals to a group of adolescents in a bid to keep them HIV free
Youth demand condoms and sanitary pads
Young people hijacked Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s address to the AIDS2016 plenary this morning, demanding that he accept a declaration advocating for condoms and sanitary pads in schools.
SA could find an HIV vaccine in 10 years
South Africa leads the way in HIV vaccine research with a large trial set to begin before the end of the year.
Stigma and shame still shroud HIV
Key populations including sex workers, men who have sex with men and injecting drug users are still marginalised and suffer the “internal nightmare of shame and stigma” despite the strides that have been made in the response to the AIDS epidemic.
African ‘champions’ might help get new AIDS drugs
Aspen, South Africa’s leading generic medicine producer, has initiated talks with high level African leaders to boost the production of cheaper generic antiretroviral medicine on the continent.
Access to treatment still a crisis
Global AIDS gains are in danger of being rolled back unless donors step up their contributions, getting treatment to 20 million HIV positive people currently excluded.
Not an honour to host AIDS conference – Charlize
It is not an honour to host the 21st international AIDS conference, because we should have eliminated HIV by now, actress Charlize Theron told delegates at the opening of the AIDS conference in Durban last night.
New AIDS taxes possible, as donor funds dry up
An airport tax and a transaction tax of a few cents for every credit card transaction are some of the ways in which African countries can fund their AIDS responses.
Code red: AIDS activists march for treatment for all
The world should not talk about the end of AIDS while 20 million people don't have treatment, said activists who handed a memorandum to the UN's Ban Ki-Moon in Durban on Monday.
Curse of the ‘blessers’
Health minister launches plan to keep girls in school - and out of the clutches of abusive sugar daddies.
Life of challenges for HIV-positive children
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.