Hiv and aids
More focus needed on testing people for HIV/Aids, say experts
The 9th South African Aids Conference wrapped up at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban on Friday.
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Fight to get HIV+ people on ARVs not over, says activist Mazibuko
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.
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Community-based HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections - study
The United Nations programme on HIV and Aids says 7.2 million South Africans were living with the disease in 2017.
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Fund battling Aids, TB and malaria seeks $14bn to invigorate fight
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.
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Chinese gay dating app halts registration after underage HIV report
China has a vibrant LGBT scene, though activists say conservative attitudes among some groups in society have prompted occasional government clampdowns.
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New research points to ‘functional cure’ for HIV - scientists
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.
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David Mabuza calls for end to HIV and Aids stigma
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.
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SAIRR reports 39% decline in new HIV infections
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.
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Roots, razors and witches - fighting Aids in Zambia
Royal Highness Chief Sinazongwe of Zambia also takes a quarterly HIV test to reassure the people that all is well at the top.
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HIV vaccine efficacy study launched in sub-Saharan Africa
This experiment sets out to gauge whether the vaccine regimen is safe and able to prevent HIV infection.
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WHO: Europe’s HIV epidemic growing at alarming rate
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.
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HIV rates on rise among over 50s in Europe
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.
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Africa to get state-of-art HIV drugs
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.
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Progress on global poverty & disease at risk, warns Bill Gates
The philanthropist has said there was currently 'more doubt than usual about the world’s commitment to development'.
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Trump’s HIV aid cuts could cost 9 million life years lost in SA, I Coast
Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2018, made public in May, envisions cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief programme.
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Motsoaledi: Men trailing in fight against HIV and Aids
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.
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Calls for better management of people living with advanced HIV
Medical experts say severe immune suppression puts patients at risk of contracting opportunistic infections.
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Study: Change in HIV/Aids medication could save thousands
A Paris conference on HIV and Aids has heard that a simple change in medication could save more than 100,000 lives a year.
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Tide turns in Aids fight yet 'unacceptable' death toll in sub-Saharan Africa
Despite much-improved access to ARV drugs in sub-Saharan Africa, an “unacceptably” high number of people are developing Aids and dying, MSF said.
