The HIV/Aids response played out over a much longer trajectory than COVID-19. But it is, in some respects, a shining example of what can be achieved when countries and people work together.
Our findings suggest that cabotegravir is much more effective than Truvada in preventing HIV infection in women.
Injected in women every two months, cabotegravir is 89% more effective in preventing HIV than daily pills of pre-exposure prophylaxis.
The UN's annual report said that the 2020 target of reducing Aids-related deaths to fewer than 500,000, and new HIV infections to under 500,000 will now be missed.
In South Africa, where coronavirus was first detected in March, doctors have scrambled to organise testing and treatment for the some 7.5 million people who are thought to be HIV-positive.
In addition to the $389 million, Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya said the United States would give Zambia funds specifically for the voluntary male circumcision programmes.
Today’s doodle honours the life and legacy of a voice of change heard by millions around the world.
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The uMkhanyakude district is one of the poorest and underdeveloped regions in South Africa.
South Africa has the highest number of people in the world living with HIV despite the percentage of HIV declining by 16%. KwaZulu-Natal has the highest prevalence in the country. EWN visited Eshowe, a community which has drastically reduced the number of infections to find out how they did it with the help of Doctors Without Borders. But what will happen when they leave?
This success was achieved through the intervention of foreign medical aid, specifically the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Opinions on the former executive director of UNAIDS, the Malian national Michel Sidibe, remain deeply divided.
Deputy President David Mabuza attended the official handover of the money to SANAC by the Global Grant Fund.
A graphic on how HIV attacks white blood cells in the human body.
Millions of people infected with HIV around the world keep the disease in check with so-called antiretroviral therapy (ARV), but the treatment does not rid patients of the virus.
The Queen of Pop will be presented with the honour to recognise her work raising awareness of the HIV and Aids crisis and international LGBTQ issues.
The Union for the Local Employees in Missions Accredited to South Africa (Ulemasa) has written to the Libyan Chargé d'Affaires, asking the mission to withdraw the unlawful instruction.
The company’s new Emdolten drug is a once-a-day tablet in the form of an ARV medication that counters the drug resistance that often develops with older HIV treatments.
