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.
There's an urgent need for interventions to increase uptake of antiretroviral therapy and improve services for adolescents.
Africa Check takes a closer look at five claims made by President Cyril Ramaphosa about South African government achievements since 1994.
The first global comparison of adolescents that acquired HIV as newborns highlights the challenges around treatment.
International AIDS Society president Linda-Gail Bekker says the HIV epidemic is far from over and it's not time to disengage.
Stigma stops people from getting tested for HIV, and staying on their treatment. Unless it's addressed, the Aids epidemic will persist.
It's understood the grade four pupil told officials he got the syringes from a family member.
It's understood a pupil from a school in Modderfontein brought the synringe needles to school from home earlier this month.
On Friday, a court sentenced Mokgadi Ramusi to pay a fine of R20,000 fine or spend four years in jail.
He says patients will no longer have to wait until their CD4 cell count is below 500 to receive ARVs.
The TAC's Mark Heywood says Thabo Mbeki's policies had a ‘tragic’ impact on South Africa.
He claims ARVs should be used with great care, mindful of the importance of a healthy immune system.
The statistics are being revealed during a seminar looking at the risk factors for policing in SA.
South Africa currently houses almost one-fifth of the global HIV positive population.
ARVs are known to be an active ingredient in the drug called whoonga - a mix of herion, cocaine & dagga.
The Health Department says more people living with HIV and Aids will benefit from its plan.
After almost two decades spent fighting for HIV treatment and access to medication, the TAC is facing closure. Picture: EWN.
Justice Edwin Cameron says despite progress SA has made, there is still an enormous fight against HIV/AIDS.
Nearly 200,000 tests were done from June to September this year.