Despite some shortcomings, the health sector is progressing, particularly in research and innovation. Health-e spoke to a few industry experts, about their health highlights of the past year, and gained insight into what they think should be priority focus…
This year’s World AIDS day theme of “Equalise and integrate to end AIDS” was a call to action to end the pandemic across the country – and we should start at the frontline of service delivery. Critical to the HIV…
 Inequalities obstruct the end of the Aids epidemic after a new UNAIDs report revealed that adults and children are being denied treatment. Over half of these kids are living on lifesaving medicines.  The report titled ‘Dangerous Inequalities’ reveals…
With the Covid-19 pandemic having negatively affected the provision of HIV services, there are calls for the global community to direct more funds towards community-led organisations providing HIV services, as they are an important tool in the fight against HIV. …
While the World Health Organisation has raised the alarm about an increase in measles outbreaks globally, South Africa is confident the risks locally are minimal. UNICEF and the WHO reported cases of measles increased by 79 percent globally in January…
Government is concerned that HIV and Aids remain the leading cause of death among adolescent girls and young women between 15 to 24 years in sub-Saharan Africa. Speaking at the World Aids Day event in Limpopo on Wednesday, Deputy President…
The Free State Health department has expressed concern at reports of patients throwing away their antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. Almost 2,000 people defaulting on their treatment in the province, which is an increase from last year, provincial spokesperson Mondli Mvambi told…
Children will pay the ultimate price as inequalities continue to drive the HIV epidemic, warns UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. Last year 120,000 children died from Aids-related illnesses. And 300,000 children were newly infected. This is according to UNICEF’s latest…
Studies show that the dapivirine vaginal ring offers new hope as an additional HIV prevention option for young women in Africa, lowering the health risk factors associated with HIV infections.
South Africa hosted its 10th SA AIDS Conference this week and this year’s theme is 'Ending AIDS amid Pandemics'.
Cryptococcal meningitis is the second biggest killer of people living with HIV after tuberculosis (TB). Now, a global initiative, the Ending Cryptococcal Meningitis Deaths by 2030 Strategic Framework aims to get the gold standard drug to treat the disease – flucytosine – registered in countries that need it. By Amy Green for Spotlight and Health-e News.
Psychologists say those suffering from the stigma of living with HIV/Aids are often overcome by feelings of grief, anger, shock and guilt.
The First person cured of HIV has died. Known as the ‘Berlin Patient,’ the Timothy Ray Brown succumbed to leukemia but remained HIV-negative.
Fatima Hassan is a lawyer who fought for the rights of South Africans during the HIV/Aids pandemic. Now, she’s preparing to fight another pandemic: Covid-19.
The fragile gains made in HIV-testing and antiretroviral regimens may be undone by the unintended consequences of the national Covid-19 lockdown says SANAC Civil Society Forum.
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