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TB - serious but curable

TB - serious but curable

19 Mar 2024

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HIV among older South Africans in rural areas: big study shows there’s a problem that’s being neglected

By Jen Manne-Goehler and Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive Casas 5 Mar 2024

We found ways to shorten the turnaround time for diagnosing babies with HIV

We found ways to shorten the turnaround time for diagnosing babies with HIV

Jónas Oddur Jónasson 23 Jan 2018

Inclusivity is key in the fight against HIV

Inclusivity is key in the fight against HIV

Steve Letsike 22 Jan 2018

Photo: ReproNet-Africa

Birth control injection could increase HIV risk by 40%

11 Jan 2018

Professor Kaymanthri Moodley, director, Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University. Photo: YouTube

#WorldAIDSDay2017: Preying on hope

Nicci Botha 1 Dec 2017

Urvashi Ramjee, head of claims management at Old Mutual Group Assurance

#WorldAIDSDay2017: We can't afford to become complacent

1 Dec 2017

Fastjet, (Red) and Oliver Mtukudzi team up in the fight for an Aids-free generation

28 Nov 2017

Mike Gerhardt via

Campaign set to make taxi industry healthier

24 Nov 2017

Photo: Toledo Blade

Queering the healthcare space

20 Nov 2017

Engen health screenings continue through #TransportMonth

Engen health screenings continue through #TransportMonth

10 Oct 2017

Photo: PRI/Stephane de Sakutin

KZN kicks off chronic care programme for HIV patients

9 Oct 2017

Source: ; . Graphics by Insight Survey

Is SA's healthcare getting better?

Insight Survey 28 Aug 2017

Zambia makes HIV testing compulsory

Zambia makes HIV testing compulsory

21 Aug 2017

Examining community health workers' role in fighting HIV in Africa

Examining community health workers' role in fighting HIV in Africa

18 Aug 2017

Glenda Grey, president of the South African Medical Research Council. Image ©

[Standard Bank Top Women Conference] Passionate for science

Danette Breitenbach 18 Aug 2017

Micro-finance, education reduces women's vulnerability to gender-based violence

Micro-finance, education reduces women's vulnerability to gender-based violence

17 Aug 2017

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

4 Aug 2017

Partnership to boost HIV treatment

Partnership to boost HIV treatment

5 Jul 2017

Africa gets generic version of most effective HIV drug

Africa gets generic version of most effective HIV drug

29 Jun 2017

How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched

How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched

26 Jun 2017

Kagiso Modupe meets a circumcision doctor

Over 5,000 men respond to #ZwakalaSkeem medical circumcision campaign

10 May 2017

Nick Walker's master plan to cure HIV

Jessica Tennant 7 Apr 2017

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

9 Mar 2017

New drug option for Aids patients with TB

New drug option for Aids patients with TB

Ashleigh Furlong 2 Mar 2017

Dr Patience Mthunzi-Kufa. Source:

Laser-based approaches in HIV diagnostics

30 Jan 2017

What will it take to end Aids by 2030?

What will it take to end Aids by 2030?

Mia Malan 5 Jan 2017

#WorldAIDSDay: A very short history of HIV life insurance

#WorldAIDSDay: A very short history of HIV life insurance

1 Dec 2016

#WorldAIDSDay: Liver cancer a threat to the life expectancy of people living with HIV

#WorldAIDSDay: Liver cancer a threat to the life expectancy of people living with HIV

1 Dec 2016

Anele Yawa, general secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign; Francois Venter, deputy executive director of the Wits reproductive health and HIV institute; Qedani Mahlangu, Gauteng MEC for health; Beverley Kramer, assistant dean: research & postgraduate support; Ian Sanne, director of Wit's clinical HIV research unit and Martin Veller, dean of the faculty of Health sciences at Wits.

#WorldAIDSDay: Research leads SA's treatment programme

1 Dec 2016

The MHC HIV mobile, ready to roll out and start HIV testing in remote areas

Mobile Health Clinics on the road to eliminate HIV

Jag Method 1 Dec 2016

Could we mass-produce HIV immunity?

Could we mass-produce HIV immunity?

Penny Moore, Lynne Morris & Nono Mkhize 28 Nov 2016

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We found ways to shorten the turnaround time for diagnosing babies with HIV

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Jónas Oddur Jónasson 23 Jan 2018

Inclusivity is key in the fight against HIV

Inclusivity is key in the fight against HIV

Steve Letsike 22 Jan 2018

Photo: ReproNet-Africa

Birth control injection could increase HIV risk by 40%

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Professor Kaymanthri Moodley, director, Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University. Photo: YouTube

#WorldAIDSDay2017: Preying on hope

Nicci Botha 1 Dec 2017

Urvashi Ramjee, head of claims management at Old Mutual Group Assurance

#WorldAIDSDay2017: We can't afford to become complacent

1 Dec 2017

Fastjet, (Red) and Oliver Mtukudzi team up in the fight for an Aids-free generation

28 Nov 2017

Mike Gerhardt via

Campaign set to make taxi industry healthier

24 Nov 2017

Photo: Toledo Blade

Queering the healthcare space

20 Nov 2017

Engen health screenings continue through #TransportMonth

Engen health screenings continue through #TransportMonth

10 Oct 2017

Photo: PRI/Stephane de Sakutin

KZN kicks off chronic care programme for HIV patients

9 Oct 2017

Source: ; . Graphics by Insight Survey

Is SA's healthcare getting better?

Insight Survey 28 Aug 2017

Zambia makes HIV testing compulsory

Zambia makes HIV testing compulsory

21 Aug 2017

Examining community health workers' role in fighting HIV in Africa

Examining community health workers' role in fighting HIV in Africa

18 Aug 2017

Glenda Grey, president of the South African Medical Research Council. Image ©

[Standard Bank Top Women Conference] Passionate for science

Danette Breitenbach 18 Aug 2017

Micro-finance, education reduces women's vulnerability to gender-based violence

Micro-finance, education reduces women's vulnerability to gender-based violence

17 Aug 2017

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

4 Aug 2017

Partnership to boost HIV treatment

Partnership to boost HIV treatment

5 Jul 2017

Africa gets generic version of most effective HIV drug

Africa gets generic version of most effective HIV drug

29 Jun 2017

How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched

How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched

26 Jun 2017

Kagiso Modupe meets a circumcision doctor

Over 5,000 men respond to #ZwakalaSkeem medical circumcision campaign

10 May 2017

Nick Walker's master plan to cure HIV

Jessica Tennant 7 Apr 2017

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

9 Mar 2017

New drug option for Aids patients with TB

New drug option for Aids patients with TB

Ashleigh Furlong 2 Mar 2017

Dr Patience Mthunzi-Kufa. Source:

Laser-based approaches in HIV diagnostics

30 Jan 2017

What will it take to end Aids by 2030?

What will it take to end Aids by 2030?

Mia Malan 5 Jan 2017

#WorldAIDSDay: A very short history of HIV life insurance

#WorldAIDSDay: A very short history of HIV life insurance

1 Dec 2016

#WorldAIDSDay: Liver cancer a threat to the life expectancy of people living with HIV

#WorldAIDSDay: Liver cancer a threat to the life expectancy of people living with HIV

1 Dec 2016

Anele Yawa, general secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign; Francois Venter, deputy executive director of the Wits reproductive health and HIV institute; Qedani Mahlangu, Gauteng MEC for health; Beverley Kramer, assistant dean: research & postgraduate support; Ian Sanne, director of Wit's clinical HIV research unit and Martin Veller, dean of the faculty of Health sciences at Wits.

#WorldAIDSDay: Research leads SA's treatment programme

1 Dec 2016

The MHC HIV mobile, ready to roll out and start HIV testing in remote areas

Mobile Health Clinics on the road to eliminate HIV

Jag Method 1 Dec 2016

Could we mass-produce HIV immunity?

Could we mass-produce HIV immunity?

Penny Moore, Lynne Morris & Nono Mkhize 28 Nov 2016

Dashboard will speed up SA's HIV suppression objectives

Dashboard will speed up SA's HIV suppression objectives

22 Nov 2016

BHF welcomes ARV protocols, but warns against costs

BHF welcomes ARV protocols, but warns against costs

6 Sep 2016

Training and safety devices reduce risk of needle-stick injuries

Training and safety devices reduce risk of needle-stick injuries

31 Aug 2016

#WomensMonth: Colleen Khumalo on Aids, inequality and unions

#WomensMonth: Colleen Khumalo on Aids, inequality and unions

5 Aug 2016

SA makes great strides in eliminating mother-to-child transmission

SA makes great strides in eliminating mother-to-child transmission

1 Aug 2016

J&J reports progress on anti-HIV vaccine

J&J reports progress on anti-HIV vaccine

25 Jul 2016

Thesis sharpens focus on a neonatal HIV vaccine

Thesis sharpens focus on a neonatal HIV vaccine

22 Jul 2016

MomConnect available as chatbot on Messenger

MomConnect available as chatbot on Messenger

20 Jul 2016

Ethiopia aims to quell HIV/Aids in five years

Ethiopia aims to quell HIV/Aids in five years

5 Jul 2016

Antiretroviral shortages still plague clinics

Antiretroviral shortages still plague clinics

28 Jun 2016