How Education Is Helping Curb HIV Infections
Thabile Msezane works at the coalface of the HIV/Aids epidemic as a health care worker in the uMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal, where at least...
HIV/TB: a film made during Eh!woza’s Learner Doccies programme
HIV/TB was produced by high-school learners (grade 9 and 10) during Eh!woza’s Learner Doccies programme. The film juxtaposes the personal impact of HIV and...
Is hopelessness driving HIV in SA’s youth?
Why is HIV still the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 and 19 and how can we change this, asks Njabulo Mbanda.
It...
If HIV denialists have not been pardoned, why should the DA...
Aids has taught South Africans why denialism can't be tolerated – whether it comes from Thabo Mbeki or Helen Zille.
In the same week that...
Hundreds urge Indian government not to stop generic medicine production
On Thursday, about 150 local and international activists marched to the Indian consulate in Durban to deliver a message to the Indian consul-general to...
Breaking the Cycle: Intergenerational HIV Transmission
"In Africa, the group with the highest incidence rate of HIV is young women. Young women bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic, and...
Dear deputy president, we are not shields in your political battles
In a letter to deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile reflects on the ways in which *womxn end up as collateral damage when men...
Small steps in technology are big leaps in preventing HIV in...
Matola-Gare is one of the most densely populated areas of Maputo. A score of mothers with their babies clinging onto them queue in and...
A new study looks at the causes of higher HIV risk...
A new study by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows that men who have sex with men (MSM) have a low use of...
#AIDS2016 through the eyes and voice of a young black woman
While the International AIDS Conference is lauded by many as a chance to celebrate progress made in HIV/AIDS treatment and research, ANDILE MTHOMBENI believes...
Stigma contributes to Kenyan teens quitting HIV treatment
The United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) has revealed that Kenyan teenagers are most likely to quit HIV treatment, thus undermining the fight against...
UNICEF: We need to do better by our children in treating...
Ahead of World Aids Day, Unicef released its Children and AIDS: 2017 Statistical Update during a panel discussion, chaired by journalist Iman Rappetti. The...
The “most advanced vaccine trial to date” launches in South Africa,...
On Wednesday, a day before World Aids Day, a highly anticipated HIV vaccine trial called HVTN 702 launched in South Africa. The new vaccine...
We must redouble our efforts to combat HIV/AIDS among young people
While there has been remarkable global progress in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic around the world, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) says further interventions...
Students are on holiday, so KZN’s blood banks are running low
On 3 January, the KwaZulu-Natal department of health said that the blood banks in the province were running low since the main source of...
Parents, principals will no longer decide whether learners get condoms
School governing bodies and parents will no longer be able to prevent pupils from getting condoms at schools, according to a new basic education...
