Hope and Beauty, a survival story
Beauty Ndlovu turned to sex work when she had nothing left to sell to support her children. And then came Hope, a special little girl who is her mother’s hope and joy.
HIV
People with HIV should be central to prevention efforts
HIV and Aids programmes will work better if they integrate the message of the U=U campaign about the relationship between viral suppression and halting the sexual transmission of HIV.
Counting Covid-19’s cost on other health issues
The coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected access to women’s healthcare in particular, as well as medical care for those with chronic illnesses.
TB, HIV and Covid-19: Three epidemics collide
Little is known about the relationship between Covid-19 and HIV and tuberculosis. What is known is that people’s lungs are affected by all three.
What the discovery of a new HIV strain means for the pandemic
A thorough understanding of the virus that affects millions worldwide will help doctors and scientists detect it and ultimately create a vaccine.
The AIDS years
There was a time when family and neighbours were falling fast, the need for graves outpacing the available space. But antiretrovirals have improved and the stigma of HIV has lessened.
From discovery to recovery: an HIV timeline
Ever since HIV was identified as the cause of Aids, researchers, drugs, people and governments have been fighting back. Here’s a look at 60 years of action on HIV and Aids.
Millennials living positively with HIV
HIV and AIDS remains the biggest conundrum in South Africa, but young people living with the virus have made it their mission to spread awareness and fight the existing stigma.
Communities can make – or break – strategies to curb HIV
The transmission of HIV is rooted in social practices, so it is to society that we must turn for the prevention of the spread of the pandemic.
Magoši’s sexual conservatism stalls HIV battle
It is vital that traditional leaders set examples for their communities in understanding HIV and AIDS and how to manage it.