China has announced a US$3.49 million (R60 million) partnership with South Africa to expand HIV prevention services among adolescents and young people, as well as people who inject drugs, over the next two years. These two groups are among those…
What’s new Why it matters The catch What they’re saying “This scenario of opaque pricing, restrictive licensing and inadequate global targets will leave far too many people at continued risk of preventable HIV infections,” says Antonio Flores, Senior HIV/TB Advisor at…
The lifelong and chronic illness caused by untreated HIV has a knock-on effect on development.
Some caregivers fears the child won't be able to cope because they know how difficult it is to live with HIV in a stigmatising environment
Funding cuts will have a significant impact on health equity; increase the barriers for vulnerable populations to access services; and reverse the progress made in the HIV response.
Despite resistance from the business community, parts of the private health sector, and political parties in the Government of National Unity, the ANC remains resolute in its commitment to the NHI.
One challenge is treatment fatigue for HIV patients who have been on ART for close to or more than 20 years.
Fully financing the HIV response in Africa to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 will save millions of lives and improve economic outcomes. But governments must act immediately. That’s the message from new research and analysis conducted…
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 at least 13% of women in developing countries bearing children while they are still kids themselves, four global health giants have joined forces to end this scourge of teenage pregnancies. To counter this, the 2gether4SRHR programme, together with UNAIDS,…
As the 24th International AIDS Conference wrapped up, the focus shifted to the importance of community-led monitoring (CLM) and how it can bring about targeted action and change in the fight against HIV. Pradeep Kakkattil, Director of the Office of…
In the fight against HIV, ignoring societal enablers could see new HIV infections and death estimates reach over four million by 2030. This is according to UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Eamonn Murphy. “We need societal enablers to reach impact goals.…
Despite studies proving that the new HIV treatment drug – dolutegravir (DTG) – is highly effective at suppressing the virus in the body with fewer side effects, millions of South Africans remain on the old efavirenz regimen. In 2019, the…
South African women will have to wait before laying their hands on the newly-approved dapivirine vaginal ring (DPV-VR – while the National Department of Health assesses the effectiveness of the HIV prevention device. Department of Health (DOH) spokesperson, Foster Mohale,…
South Africa hosted its 10th SA AIDS Conference this week and this year’s theme is 'Ending AIDS amid Pandemics'.
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