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HIV/AIDS

How Afrocentric's Aid for Aids programme is transforming HIV care in South Africa

13 Dec 2024

Source: The Rural Healthcare Advocacy Project.

Healthcare

A holistic approach will build a stronger rural healthcare system

12 Jul 2024

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: Western Cape launches U=U campaign

Katja Hamilton 2 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

9 Jun 2023

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Covid-19

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

HIV/AIDS

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Gilles van Cutsem 10 Jun 2021

Protesters gather in Cambridge to demand that AstraZeneca shares blueprints for its Covid-19 vaccine. Luciana Guerra/PA Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Trips waiver: US support is a major step but no guarantee of Covid-19 vaccine equity

Erin Hannah, James Scott, Silke Trommer & Sophie Harman 13 May 2021

Women who had a secondary or higher level of education were more likely to test for HIV than women who had no formal education. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

African countries differ widely in prenatal HIV testing: why it matters

Anthony Idowu Ajayi 13 Jan 2021

Fighting HIV and Aids in times of Covid-19

HIV/AIDS

Fighting HIV and Aids in times of Covid-19

31 Dec 2020

Long-acting cabotegravir injections once every eight weeks was better than the daily tablet used for HIV prevention. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Large Africa study makes important breakthrough in HIV prevention

Ina Skosana 17 Nov 2020

Nurses attend the 2015 International Nurses’ Day celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Education & Training

Beyond Florence Nightingale: how African nurses have decolonised the profession

Timothy A Carey, Agnes Binagwaho & Judy Khanyola 10 Jul 2020

HIV/AIDS

How nutrition education can make a difference to people with HIV in Nigeria

Temitope Kayode Bello 21 Feb 2020

HIV/AIDS

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

Amy Slogrove & Kathleen M Powis 13 Jan 2020

Celebrate the people making the most of life with HIV

HIV/AIDS

Celebrate the people making the most of life with HIV

Michael Hathorn, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 29 Nov 2019

Retired ConCourt judge Cameron elected new Chancellor of Stellenbosch University

Higher Education

Retired ConCourt judge Cameron elected new Chancellor of Stellenbosch University

26 Sep 2019

STIs are a serious health threat. Shutterstock

Public Health

Preventing sexually transmitted infections: why South Africa isn't winning

Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha 15 Feb 2019

The largest number of HIV-exposed but uninfected children are in South Africa. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Babies born to mums with HIV face higher risks even though they're HIV negative

Amy Slogrove, Kathleen M Powis & Mary-Ann Davies 29 Nov 2018

The WHO recommends HIV viral load testing to monitor people on ARVs. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

How innovation can help end the Aids epidemic by 2030

Glenda Gray 23 Oct 2018

Clinics manage hypertension patients better when more hands are on deck

Noncommunicable diseases

Clinics manage hypertension patients better when more hands are on deck

5 Jul 2018

How to fund a failing health system

Public Health

How to fund a failing health system

TAWANDA KAROMBO and ADRI KOTZE 6 Apr 2017

How bucking climate change accord would hinder fight against HIV/AIDS

Health & Social Welfare

How bucking climate change accord would hinder fight against HIV/AIDS

Brian King 11 Jan 2017

What will it take to end Aids by 2030?

HIV/AIDS

What will it take to end Aids by 2030?

Mia Malan 5 Jan 2017

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.

HIV/AIDS

#WorldAIDSDay: Research leads SA's treatment programme

1 Dec 2016

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) celebrate 15 years. L-R: Dr Penny Lutung, Kemi Gbadamosi), Dianna Hoorzuk abd Hilary Thulare

HIV/AIDS

Fighting the good fight against HIV

22 Apr 2016

Research body responds to Mbeki's letter on Aids

HIV/AIDS

Research body responds to Mbeki's letter on Aids

11 Mar 2016

You want to go viral, do you?

Social Media

You want to go viral, do you?

Sophie Baker 3 Feb 2016

Ten fellowships for International Women's Media Foundation

Media

Ten fellowships for International Women's Media Foundation

22 May 2013

Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship announces winners

Events & Conferencing

Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship announces winners

15 Oct 2012

Exhibitions & Events

Physiology conference aims to understand, prevent, regenerate

6 Sep 2012

Confusion over SA, Swiss drugs deal

Administration

Confusion over SA, Swiss drugs deal

13 Feb 2012

Drug delivery gets sophisticated

Science

Drug delivery gets sophisticated

Wilma den Hartigh 9 Feb 2012

HIV/AIDS

Understanding natural immunity to HIV - Wits lecture

29 Sep 2011

HIV and Aids: bad news for drug prices in middle-income countries

HIV/AIDS

HIV and Aids: bad news for drug prices in middle-income countries

22 Jul 2011

Trial and major study find PrEP can reduce risk of HIV infection among heterosexuals

HIV/AIDS

Trial and major study find PrEP can reduce risk of HIV infection among heterosexuals

14 Jul 2011

Medical Research

New study suggests ALS could be caused by a retrovirus

27 Jun 2011

Early use of antiretroviral drugs found to reduce spread of Aids

HIV/AIDS

Early use of antiretroviral drugs found to reduce spread of Aids

24 May 2011

Babies born to HIV-infected mothers have lower antibody levels against bacterial infections

Medical Research

Babies born to HIV-infected mothers have lower antibody levels against bacterial infections

9 Feb 2011

Antiretrovirals: A significant role in preventing HIV infections in HIV-negative South Africans?

HIV/AIDS

Antiretrovirals: A significant role in preventing HIV infections in HIV-negative South Africans?

1 Dec 2010

Should HIV-negative people get antiretroviral drugs?

HIV/AIDS

Should HIV-negative people get antiretroviral drugs?

28 Sep 2010

Regulatory conference highlights new paradigm for TB drug development

Tuberculosis

Regulatory conference highlights new paradigm for TB drug development

19 Aug 2010

HIV/AIDS

Early HIV treatment can save more children's lives

21 Jul 2010

Donor retreat widens HIV/AIDS treatment gap in Africa

HIV/AIDS

Donor retreat widens HIV/AIDS treatment gap in Africa

28 May 2010

HIV/AIDS

South Africa redoubles efforts against AIDS

26 Apr 2010

HIV/AIDS

Breakthrough in HIV research leads to better treatment potential

2 Feb 2010

HIV/AIDS

Longer breastfeeding can prevent postnatal HIV transmission

18 Jan 2010

Pharmaceuticals

Z-CARD® provides marketing cure for pharmaceutical industry

Issued by The Lime Envelope 24 Mar 2009

HIV/AIDS

HIV evolving rapidly to evade human immune system

26 Feb 2009

HIV/AIDS

Possible new HIV drug hope

11 Dec 2008