Hiv and aids
WATCH LIVE: Mabuza urges young people living with Aids to break stigma of virus
SA currently has 7.6 million people living with HIV, making it the worst nation affected by the disease.
The 9th South African Aids Conference wrapped up at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban on Friday.
Sixteen years ago, Lucky Mazibuko refused to take the life-saving ARV drugs as a form of protest until they were available to all who needed them.
The United Nations programme on HIV and Aids says 7.2 million South Africans were living with the disease in 2017.
The Global Fund is a group of governments, civil society and private sector partners which invests around $4 billion a year to fight infectious diseases.
China has a vibrant LGBT scene, though activists say conservative attitudes among some groups in society have prompted occasional government clampdowns.
While the results are promising, the chief executive of the group Aids Concern in Hong Kong said it did not mean the treatment would be readily available very soon.
In his first official visit to KwaZulu-Natal since becoming deputy president, David Mabuza has urged the thousands gathered to regularly test for both TB and HIV.
Research from the SAIRR shows that the total number of new HIV infections declined countrywide by 39%, from 437,000 to 266,000 between 2009 and 2016.
Royal Highness Chief Sinazongwe of Zambia also takes a quarterly HIV test to reassure the people that all is well at the top.
This experiment sets out to gauge whether the vaccine regimen is safe and able to prevent HIV infection.
In 2016, 160,000 people contracted the virus that causes Aids in the 53 countries that make up the World Health Organization’s European region, the agency said.
A study by researchers at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control found steady growth over the past 12 years in rates of new HIV cases in older people in the region.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s pledge is a central plank of a new partnership that also includes the governments of South Africa and Kenya.
The philanthropist has said there was currently 'more doubt than usual about the world’s commitment to development'.
Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2018, made public in May, envisions cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief programme.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says men are trailing in the fight against HIV and Aids as they amount to only 30% of people who test for the virus.
Medical experts say severe immune suppression puts patients at risk of contracting opportunistic infections.
A Paris conference on HIV and Aids has heard that a simple change in medication could save more than 100,000 lives a year.