#Aids2020Virtual: The detriment of climate change on health
Ongoing environmental shifts is among the social factors driving the HIV/Aids pandemic and needs a robust intervention, experts agree.
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UNAIDS: Children left out of HIV planning
Children remain vulnerable despite gains in HIV prevention and treatment
#AIDS2020Virtual: Covid-1919 impacts 17.7 million people on ARVs
The World Health Organization and UNAIDS has warned that if efforts are not made to mitigate health services and supply interruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic,the disruption of antiretroviral therapy could cause 500 000 more deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020–2021.
#AIDS2020Virtual: Pills, vaccines and the road towards the HIV cure
"In the face of a seemingly hopeless scientific and humanitarian challenge, scientists and activists joined together to accelerate the development of breakthrough treatment and biomedical prevention tools," reads the 23rd International Aids Conference website.
#AIDS2020VIRTUAL: Community involvement key to addressing disparities after 40-years of HIV pandemic
“Communities are important – as some of great ideas might not generally come from the top, but they can come from the bottom,” says Gregorio Millett of the American Foundation for Aids Research.
#AIDS2020VIRTUAL: Setting the path for new HIV targets
All countries should set the same 2025 goals to work towards eradicating HIV in the next ten years.
#Aids2020Virtual: How to improve PrEP delivery
The lesson taken from the Covid-19 pandemic to treating HIV/Aids is to make delivery of medication simpler and diverse to save more lives.
Gains in battle against HIV under threat
UNAIDS says the 90-90-90 targets for 2020 will not be met, citing COVID-19 as a major contributor to the delays
#AIDS2020Virtual:Impact of COVID19 on HIV services a worry
The world’s largest conference on HIV opened today in a special virtual format due to COVID-19. It kicked off with a focus on the links between the two viruses, and a recognition of global debates around racism.
“London Patient” HIV free for 34-months now
Don’t give up hope is the message from the “London Patient”, who remains HIV-free after three years
Gauteng braces itself for Covid-19 storm
After months of modelling and planning for a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, Gauteng is seeing a rapid rise in cases requiring hospitalisation.
#CoronavirusSA: Allegations of expired food and poor hygiene at Nasrec quarantine site
Covid-19 patients quarantined at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg allege that the catering company has provided them with expired food, which they say, “makes their [health] situation worse.”
Victim of mesh failure in pain as COVID-19 blocks access to treatment
Victim of botched surgical mesh implant warns against the high-risk procedure.
Gauteng doctor ‘brings the beauty back into medicine’
Dr Ellenore Meyer is the lynchpin for multiple community-based and person-centric care programs in Tshwane, and uses clinic services for the greater good.
#Helpafriendout: Community-led project centres nutrition needs
"Growing up, I used to help my grandparents with their small garden where we grew flowers, cabbage and spinach. That's where I developed an interest in farming,” says Amogelang Moroba, chairperson of the Soshanguve-based organisation #Helpafriendout.