Arvs
New HIV treatment could avert up to 300,000 new infections
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize launched the new treatment in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
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ANALYSIS: SA needs to get more young people with HIV on treatment
There's an urgent need for interventions to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy and improve services for adolescents.
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FACT CHECK: President Ramaphosa’s claims about progress in SA since 1994
Africa Check takes a closer look at five claims made by President Cyril Ramaphosa about South African government achievements since 1994.
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[ANALYSIS] ARVs and children: the devastating impact of a late start
The first global comparison of adolescents that acquired HIV as newborns highlights the challenges around treatment.
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[OPINION] The HIV pandemic: time to recalibrate & target the weak spots
International AIDS Society president Linda-Gail Bekker says the HIV epidemic is far from over and it's not time to disengage.
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[OPINION] 3 decades on, stigma still stymies HIV prevention & treatment
Stigma stops people from getting tested for HIV, and staying on their treatment. Unless it's addressed, the Aids epidemic will persist.
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Case opened against parent of pupil who pricked others with syringes
It's understood the grade four pupil told officials he got the syringes from a family member.
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28 pupils on ARVs as precaution after being pricked with needle syringes
It's understood a pupil from a school in Modderfontein brought the synringe needles to school from home earlier this month.
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Dept welcomes sentence handed down to nurse for stealing ARVs
On Friday, a court sentenced Mokgadi Ramusi to pay a fine of R20,000 fine or spend four years in jail.
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Experts support Minister Motsoaledi’s latest ARV announcement
He says patients will no longer have to wait until their CD4 cell count is below 500 to receive ARVs.
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Mbeki comes under fire for defending his stance on Aids
The TAC's Mark Heywood says Thabo Mbeki's policies had a ‘tragic’ impact on South Africa.
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Mbeki sticks to his guns on HIV & Aids, nutrition
He claims ARVs should be used with great care, mindful of the importance of a healthy immune system.
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MPs given ‘bleak picture’ of depression, ARV usage within Saps
The statistics are being revealed during a seminar looking at the risk factors for policing in SA.
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ANALYSIS: SA has excelled in treating HIV - prevention remains a disaster
South Africa currently houses almost one-fifth of the global HIV positive population.
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‘Effects of ARVs in whoonga are worse than heroin’
ARVs are known to be an active ingredient in the drug called whoonga - a mix of herion, cocaine & dagga.
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Health Dept wants to expand world's largest HIV treatment plan
The Health Department says more people living with HIV and Aids will benefit from its plan.
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TAC facing closure
After almost two decades spent fighting for HIV treatment and access to medication, the TAC is facing closure. Picture: EWN.
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'New HIV/AIDS infections still too high'
Justice Edwin Cameron says despite progress SA has made, there is still an enormous fight against HIV/AIDS.
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HIV testing in WC at an all-time high
Nearly 200,000 tests were done from June to September this year.
