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British singer Elton John. Picture: AFP.

Hiv aids

Elton John: Still standing at 75

By AFP

The flamboyant former Reg Dwight has also fronted a high-profile campaign for research against HIV/Aids, raising millions of pounds for charities.

  • A screengrab of the HIV virus as rendered by GlaxoSmithKline.

    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.

    173 days ago
  • Some HIV-positive patients are defaulting on their treatment. Picture: Malungelo Booi/EWN

    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.

    173 days ago
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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.

    175 days ago
  • FILE: Data released by Johns Hopkins University reports that 1.4 billion people across the globe have now received the COVID-19 vaccination. Picture: 123rf.com

    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.

    370 days ago
  • Volunteers light candles forming the shape of a red ribbon during an awareness event on the eve of the World Aids Day, in Kathmandu on 30 November 2020. Picture: AFP

    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.

    539 days ago
  • FILE: Candles form a red ribbon during World Aids Day. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    553 days ago
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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.

    559 days ago
  • FILE: UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres. Picture: AFP

    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.

    686 days ago
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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.

    775 days ago
  • Picture: Getty Images.

    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.

    812 days ago
  • A screengrab of the Google doodle of Nkosi Johnson.

    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.

    840 days ago
  • Is a virus living or not? Check out the fact file below on viruses, which are among the most abundant organisms on the planet. Picture: AFP

    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.

    845 days ago
  • HIV/AIDS sign. Picture: GCIS.

    KZN community reaches UN target in fight against HIV/Aids

    The uMkhanyakude district is one of the poorest and underdeveloped regions in South Africa.

    885 days ago
  • 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?

    921 days ago
  • FILE: An HIV patient with medication. Picture: AFP

    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).

    924 days ago
  • Michel Sidibé. Picture: UN Photo

    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.

    1020 days ago
  • FILE: Sandile Buthelezi. Picture: @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL/Twitter

    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.

    1123 days ago
  • A graphic on how HIV attacks white blood cells in the human body. Picture: AFP

    From within: How HIV attacks immune system

    A graphic on how HIV attacks white blood cells in the human body.

    1175 days ago
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