Four ways to make it easy to take the HIV prevention pill
The Aurum Institute is making it easier for people to get HIV prevention medication
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Ten must-watch movies tackling HIV-Aids
To commemorate World Aids Day on 1 December, here are 10 movies on the subject which educated and entertained us
UN: Inequalities prolong Aids pandemic
On current trends, the world will not meet agreed global targets on Aids, the new UNAids report, Dangerous Inequalities, shows. Urgent action to disrupt the power imbalance of patriarchy can get the Aids response on track
WATCH: Could new abortion rules in the US affect the world’s biggest state HIV fund?
The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist
A new lease of life for Zimbabwe’s HIV-positive prisoners
Peer support has been pivotal to inmates taking responsibility for their health
Covid exposes Zimbabwe’s orphan emergency
The country already has hundreds of thousands of children orphaned by Aids and social services cannot cope with numbers boosted by the pandemic
Watch: Why is the tobacco industry comparing vaping to HIV treatment?
Public health experts disagree with the vaping industry’s argument that imposing a sin tax will lead to a similar path of Aids denialism
A sin tax on vapes is not as bad as Aids denialism. Here’s why
Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as denying HIV treatment to state patients
Letter to UNAids: End Aids deaths by 2030
Setting new 90-90-90 targets for CD4 testing, cryptococcal antigen, and TB testing, and treatment, aligned to the WHO AHD package of care would be a positive step towards ending Aids deaths by 2030
Finding an HIV vaccine: Five lessons from the search for a Covid-19 jab
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that vaccine development and testing timelines can be shrunk from decades to months, but not without shortcomings
(R)evolution in 4/4: The contribution of South Africa’s urban music to new meanings of freedom
Kwaito and house music have broadened the scope of struggle and stretched the definition of freedom
Put human rights at the centre of our battle against Covid-19
Government and civil society must develop a rights-based response to Covid-19, because epidemics are won by strengthening rights, not trampling on them
The global HIV response needs to get back on track
After missing the global HIV/Aids targets, new benchmarks that put people at the centre, especially those most at risk, need to be set
How US foreign policy under Donald Trump has affected Africa
Lesotho has been used as a microcosm in this article to reflect how the foreign policy has affected Africa
Three months in, Covid-19 poses triple threats in Africa
Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability
In a pandemic, science and humanities work side by side
Anthropologists ask the difficult questions about human behaviour and also provide the difficult answers
Lessons from ‘La Peste’: Camus and Covid-19
‘The Plague’, an allegory of the Nazi occupation of France in World War II, is about a town’s fight against an epidemic. It’s a relevant read in the times of Covid-19
Ending HIV in South Africa: Queer community by queer community
The theme for this year’s World Aids Day stressed “communities”. We need to unpack this terminology, particularly with regards to the queer community
Universities offer HIV treatment
On-campus clinics roll out ARTs to students to improve access and decrease stigma
Leaving no one behind: Solutions to vulnerability, inaccessability and condom usage
HIV is no longer in the headlines in South Africa
Tanzania government denounces governor’s anti-gay witch-hunt
Anti-gay sentiment has increased since Magufuli’s 2015 election, forcing most gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities to live in secrecy
‘No sex, no coffee, no ARVs’: Former president’s quackery could land him in court
Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh will be the first African head of state to be tried for violating the rights of HIV-positive people.
Mark Heywood: ‘I was pitched against the very government I had fought for’
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
Is the HIV prevention pill a ‘magic bullet’?
PrEP is not a magic bullet. But we won’t end the HIV epidemic without it.
How to prevent HIV with a pill
Mia Malan answers six important questions about the HIV prevention pill in three minutes.
Actress Charlize Theron rocks Aids Conference opening ceremony with powerful speech
Charlize Theron blew away the 18 000+ delegates at the International Aids conference opening ceremony with an impassioned speech about HIV/Aids.
WATCH LIVE: International AIDS Conference opening ceremony in Durban #AIDS2016
Watch the speakers of the opening ceremony of the International Aids Conference in Durban, which expects over 18 000 delegates.
#AIDS2016: Countdown to the International Aids Conference in Durban begins
The conference is set to be a historic moment in the HIV response and we’ll be bringing you the latest from Durban.
SA registers a two-in-one pill that can prevent HIV infection
South Africa has become only the second country in the world to allow widespread access to groundbreaking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis medication.
If SA wins the fight against TB, the world will benefit
South Africa lost nearly 100 000 people to TB last year – three-quarters of whom were HIV-positive. Reducing the burden will benefit the economy.
HIV treatment: Where are the men?
Our failure to adequately engage men with health services reduces the effectiveness of the many impressive, new HIV prevention breakthroughs.
TAC wants free treatment for all HIV infected
The Treatment Action Campaign believes antiretroviral treatment should be offered to all HIV-positive citizens, not just those with low CD4 counts.
