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Healthcare

HIV: there’s hope for a cure – where we stand now

3 Dec 2024

HIV/AIDS

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

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

Source: Professor Kogie Naidoo has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society in South Africa (RSSAf).

HIV/AIDS

Renowned TB scientist elected Fellow, Royal Society South Africa

18 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Pfizer and Unjani team with Sister Happiness.

Facilities & Property Management

Pfizer and Unjani open Daggafontein clinic

5 Sep 2023

How can living a normal life be sustained for people living with HIV/AIDS?

HIV/AIDS

How can living a normal life be sustained for people living with HIV/AIDS?

Issued by Stone 29 Mar 2023

HIV/AIDS

Study finds HIV-positive cervical cancer patients face higher mortality rate

27 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. UCT's Emma Finestone.

Healthcare

SA's cancer incidence forecast to rise by 2030

24 Aug 2022

Talking about TB...

Infectious Diseases

Talking about TB...

Issued by Bonitas 19 Apr 2022

Healthcare

First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

17 Feb 2022

HIV/AIDS

South Africa loses a great champion and a powerful voice in the fight against HIV/Aids

Katja Hamilton 30 Dec 2021

HIV/AIDS

Cipla launches Live2Love mobile game to destigmatise HIV

1 Dec 2021

HIV/AIDS

Covid-19 threatens gains made in HIV/Aids fight

Katja Hamilton 1 Dec 2021

Source: ©The Global Fund. A march through Agogo town in Ghana to educate citizens on malaria

HIV/AIDS

Covid-19's adverse impact on HIV, TB and malaria programmes

8 Sep 2021

Healthcare worker, Boitsholo Mfolo, inside the digital x-ray truck at one of Africa Health Research Institute’s mobile screening camps in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Samora Chapman/ Africa Health Research Institute

Noncommunicable diseases

Study shows a huge burden of undiagnosed disease in a rural South African district

Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021

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Covid-19

Study: HIV and TB co-infection skews Covid-19 T cell response

24 Jun 2021

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

HIV/AIDS

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Kaymarlin Govender & Linda-Gail Bekker 14 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

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

HIV/AIDS

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

Gilles van Cutsem 17 May 2021

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

Tuberculosis

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

24 Mar 2021

Antiretroviral treatment found to reduce risk of developing active TB - study

Medical Research

Antiretroviral treatment found to reduce risk of developing active TB - study

11 Mar 2021

“We saw patients dying for avoidable reasons. They were dying because masks that came loose were not being replaced,” says MSF Covid-19 intervention nursing activities manager, Caroline Masunda. Chris Allan

Covid-19

Small things can save lives: coping with Covid-19 in resource-scarce hospitals

Gilles van Cutsem 2 Mar 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

People relying on HIV prevention, care and treatment services have become even more vulnerable because of COVID-19. Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images

HIV/AIDS

Why it's important to keep diagnosing and treating HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic

Kathryn L Hopkins & Glenda Gray 30 Nov 2020

Professor Adrie Bekker

HIV/AIDS

Study investigates best treatment options for newborns exposed to HIV

27 Nov 2020

Early diagnosis and treatment are key in the fight against HIV. Peter Casaer

HIV/AIDS

Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying?

Gilles van Cutsem 19 Nov 2020

UKZN’s Emeritus Professor Anna Coutsoudis

HIV/AIDS

SA study recommends changes to PMTCT guidelines

10 Nov 2020

Dr Priya Agrawal, managing director, MSD, South Africa & sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS

MSD signs voluntary licensing agreements for HIV drug

5 Oct 2020

This is the HIV combination treatment pill of choice (though this is only one of several brands) for newly diagnosed HIV patients in South Africa. The regimen has proven very effective at suppressing HIV, and patients tolerate it well, but it is associated with obesity in women.

HIV/AIDS

Weight gain worries for newer HIV treatment regimens

James Stent 2 Oct 2020

Many factors influence how consistently women take their HIV medicine. GettyImages

HIV/AIDS

Zambian study points to why some mothers don't carry on taking HIV drugs

Jerry John Nutor 30 Sep 2020

A laboratory technician processes samples for testing Covid-19 at the Rwanda Biomedical Center in Kigali. Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP via Getty

HIV/AIDS

How pooled testing can increase access to essential laboratory tests in Africa

Wolfgang Preiser & Gert van Zyl 4 Sep 2020

Aids activists lie down in protest in front of parliament in 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa.

HIV/AIDS

Aids conference: Covid-19, big breakthroughs and missed targets

Linda-Gail Bekker 29 Jul 2020

A healthcare worker in a protective suit is seen at a quarantine and isolation centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Covid-19

How Covid-19 threatens efforts to contain HIV/Aids in South Africa

Nesri Padayatchi & Kogie Naidoo 21 Jul 2020

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Covid-19

Covid-19: South Africa should build on HIV activism to foster behaviour change

Steven Robins 15 Jul 2020

A victim of the Aids pandemic is buried in Cape Town in 2004. Kim Ludbrook/EPA.

Media

Coronavirus media coverage must avoid the mistakes of the Aids pandemic in Africa

Ludek Stavinoha 13 Jul 2020

A researcher holds a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine at the National Primate Research Center of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for Covid-19?

Hailay Gesesew 2 Jul 2020

In South Africa, both HIV and pre-eclampsia are a burden to maternal health. GettyImages

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

HIV and high blood pressure in pregnancy: we're tracing the connections

Sayuri Padayachee 18 Jun 2020

Mary-Ann Davies

Covid-19

TB, HIV less likely to cause Covid-19 death than other comorbidities

Nicci Botha 10 Jun 2020

Doctors Without Borders supporters march in protest to the American Consulate in Johannesburg in 2012 over lack of funding to fight HIV. Photo by Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Covid-19

TB, HIV and Covid-19: urgent questions as three epidemics collide

Emily Wong 26 Mar 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

HIV-infected and exposed children are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Children and HIV: what we found about vaccine-preventable diseases

Olatunji Adetokunboh 9 Dec 2019

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HIV/AIDS

What does HIV look like in South Africa?

Nicci Botha 6 Dec 2019

The use of HIV-positive organs is now a well-established practice in South Africa. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

HIV factor in kidney transplants: research sheds new light on risks

Elmi Muller 27 Nov 2019

A number of factors contribute to the lower rates of uptake of HIV treatment by adolescents. Nic Bothma/EPA

HIV/AIDS

South Africa needs to get more young people with HIV on treatment

Mhairi Maskew 26 Nov 2019

TB is still a leading cause of death around the world. Sanjay Baid/EPA-EFE

Tuberculosis

We are gaining against TB but knowledge gaps remain

Emily Wong, Al Leslie & Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala 11 Nov 2019

Syringe and cooked heroin. TM_SALE/Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Women using heroin in Kenya: why it's important to intervene early in life

Catherine Mwangi & John Gachohi 18 Oct 2019