Hiv aids
Elton John: Still standing at 75
The flamboyant former Reg Dwight has also fronted a high-profile campaign for research against HIV/Aids, raising millions of pounds for charities.
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Congo Basin offers clues to HIV’s behaviour: how we're trying to crack its code
The epidemic is far from over. One of the main reasons is the diversity that the HIV group M (HIV-1M) virus exhibits. This affects both vaccine and cure development.
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ANALYSIS: How inequality drives HIV in adolescent girls and young women
While the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission, and provision of treatment as prevention, are great successes, there are still gaps.
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SA isn’t doing enough to provide HIV prevention treatment for moms: why it must
Not offering preventive treatment to women not living with HIV but who are at risk of HIV acquisition undermines the efficacy of all of the South African efforts to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV.
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Amid success with COVID vaccines, the call to invest in HIV research intensifies
Local experts are urging the government and the private sector to learn from the COVID-19 vaccines produced in record time and to apply those lessons to finding an HIV vaccine.
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ANALYSIS: Fight against Aids hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19
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.
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ANALYSIS: Large Africa study makes important breakthrough in HIV prevention
Our findings suggest that cabotegravir is much more effective than Truvada in preventing HIV infection in women.
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UN hails new therapy to prevent HIV in women
Injected in women every two months, cabotegravir is 89% more effective in preventing HIV than daily pills of pre-exposure prophylaxis.
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COVID-19 imperils Aids progress, UN warns
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.
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SA's explosive cocktail: coronavirus and Aids
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.
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US to give Zambia $389 million grant for Aids relief
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.
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HIV/Aids activist Nkosi Johnson honoured with Google Doodle
Today’s doodle honours the life and legacy of a voice of change heard by millions around the world.
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INFOGRAPHIC: Beyond good & evil: Virus quick facts
Is a virus living or not? Check out the fact file below on viruses, which are among the most abundant organisms on the planet.
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KZN community reaches UN target in fight against HIV/Aids
The uMkhanyakude district is one of the poorest and underdeveloped regions in South Africa.
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HIV in KZN: The story of death to life
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?
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KZN town that exceeded UN's HIV treatment target ‘grateful’ for MSF’s help
This success was achieved through the intervention of foreign medical aid, specifically the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
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UNAIDS to get new chief after divisive Sidibe era
Opinions on the former executive director of UNAIDS, the Malian national Michel Sidibe, remain deeply divided.
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National Aids Council receives R5bn critical funding boost
Deputy President David Mabuza attended the official handover of the money to SANAC by the Global Grant Fund.
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From within: How HIV attacks immune system
A graphic on how HIV attacks white blood cells in the human body.
