Powerful research on the benefits of breastfeeding changes government policy.

For years, there has been a battle over the best way to protect babies born to HIV positive mothers living in poor areas from getting the virus '€“ which has essentially boiled down to a battle between those who advocate breast feeding and those who advocate bottle-feeding with milk formula.

Male circumcision became officially endorsed as an HIV preventive measure today (wed 28th march) by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS.

Only 32 of the 200 patients diagnosed with extremely drug resistant (XDR) TB at the Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry are still alive.

South Africa is one of the top 10 countries in terms of its TB burden, according to the World Health Organisation. The country also fares poorly when considering its cure rate.

There is no evidence that shows South African teenage girls are deliberately having children in order to access the Child Support Grant (CSG), according to a report by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).

Government and the AIDS Law Project have started urgent talks that could see the parties reaching an out-of-court settlement on the provision of antiretrovirals to prisoners.

We pick up on the theme of last week'€™s '€œLiving with AIDS'€ feature. Informal studies show that about one in five couples in Africa are in a discordant relationship, meaning that one partner has HIV and the other doesn'€™t. The chances of one partner eventually getting infected by the other are not really known. Hence, experts recommend that couples should go for testing together.

Popular British nutritionist Patrick Holford, currently on tour in South Africa, has caused a storm by claiming that Vitamin C is more effective in treating AIDS than the antiretroviral drug AZT.

Knowing your own HIV status can set your mind at ease. But knowing both your and your partner'€™s HIV status could even save your life. We meet a couple that clings to the belief.

South Africa'€™s Medical Research Council (MRC) is investigating whether more than 20 women who have become HIV positive during a scientific trial, had been infected as a result of use of the microbicide that was being tested to prevent infection in the first place.

Startling new evidence from a survey conducted by Markinor and UNISA'€™s Bureau of Market Research shows that HIV infection is now growing most rapidly among those who are wealthier and educated.