The world has 18 months left to reach targets that all United Nations member countries signed up to in 2021
Africans need to be fully involved in drug discovery and development research for tuberculosis on the continent
USAID has pumped $45 million in grant funding to support the work of a consortium of top African scientists from eight countries
They say the ruling is in line with global trends
About 1 000 women in KwaZulu-Natal’s Valley of a Thousand Hills, who have been affected by the ravages of HIV/Aids, will take part in the event
The investigation covers the tenure of all six ANC premiers
An epidemic such as Aids isn’t simply a disease gone viral. It’s a political, social, economic and human rights crisis
ARV drug dolutegravir will become the go-to drug in all treatment plans next year. Here are 7 things you should know
Treatment Action Campaign and other civil society groups forced a reluctant Mbeki government to change its stance and roll out ARVs
As teen pregnancies rise, TEARS foundation urges adolescents to say no to abuse
The CAB-LA injection is the first of its kind in HIV prevention interventions and only needs to be taken every eight weeks
Sex education will help prevent new HIV infections, expert says
The HIV pandemic isn’t going anywhere until a cure is found. In the meantime, HIV clinicians say South Africa should protect its victories
Six months into Botswana’s vaccine roll-out, only 5% of the population has been vaccinated
Inequity in Covid vaccine access echoes mistakes from the HIV response. In the forty years since Aids was first identified, there have also been several lessons on how to contain a pandemic. Starting with equity and supporting health systems
The fact that access to quality healthcare is determined by race, gender, geography and power is proven, as is healthcare’s shameful history of exploitation of those with less power for ‘research’. The future must do better
South Africa lost one of its most prominent HIV doctors this weekend to Covid-related complications. Dr Sindi will be remembered for her ability to make HIV and reproductive health knowledge accessible to her hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers.
Pandemic disrupts the supply of external condoms — and inner ones are unknown and in short supply
Yvette Raphael describes herself as a ‘professional protester, sjambok feminist and hater of trash’. Government officials would likely refer to her as ‘a rebel’. She’s fought for equality her entire life, she says. And she’s scared of no one
New research from seven countries in Africa signals the future of HIV prevention — but what can it learn from its past?
Toxic masculinities help drive everything from HIV infection rates to gender-based violence. But before we ask, what does it mean to be a ‘man’ in South Africa, should we wonder what it’s like to be a boy?
Let us please not repeat the devastating Aids story where people died of shame rather than admit being infected by the virus
More than a quarter of prisoners have not been convicted of anything, they just couldn’t meet bail requirements
Anthropologists ask the difficult questions about human behaviour and also provide the difficult answers
Research at Stellenbosch University looks at the link between viral infections and cardiovascular disease
In Africa, more people will die as a result of what we are doing to prevent Covid-19 than will be saved by doing it
The coronavirus outbreak through the eyes of a South African doctor in Seattle
Scientists are seeking to manufacture key medications in South Africa, saving on costs and shoring up decreased supplies
Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach
Africa is no stranger to dealing with epidemics. A regional body has been established to co-ordinate responses, but fault lines are evident at a national level
People who are self-isolating — the middle and upper class, especially — must take care not to endanger other lives in the process. We must all be human to the humans around us
This is no time to snigger at the high rates of coronavirus in the Global North. We could be just as hard hit — and it is poor people who will suffer the most