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In the 2000s activists across the world campaigned for antiretroviral treatment to be made available to people with HIV. One of the consequences of this was PEPFAR, the United States government’s foreign aid HIV programme. Since 2003 it has saved millions of lives. But now its future is unclear. Photo from the Treatment Action Campaign’s march for HIV treatment in Cape Town on 14 February 2003. (photographer unknown)

CSI & Philanthropy

Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk

Liezl Human 23 Jan 2025

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

What to expect from a medical check-up

Hospital Groups

What to expect from a medical check-up

Issued by Intercare 5 Feb 2024

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

Facilities & Property Management

Pfizer and Unjani open Daggafontein clinic

5 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Seithati Molefi, deputy chief-of-party at Right to Care.

Women's Health

Let's talk about sex that is safe and satisfying

Seithati Molefi 16 Aug 2023

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: Western Cape launches U=U campaign

Katja Hamilton 2 Aug 2023

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: Urgent action needed for high incidence among MSM

Hans Croukamp 20 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Hans Croukamp, bioLytical Laboratories' chief operating officer.

Healthcare

#HIVToday: The company that's empowering South African youth with rapid HIV self testing

Katja Hamilton 21 Jun 2023

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

Public Health

Healthcare in South Africa: how inequity is contributing to inefficiency

Russell Rensburg 7 Jul 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

False Bay TVET College rolls out Peer-to-Peer Educators Programme with great success

Higher Education

False Bay TVET College rolls out Peer-to-Peer Educators Programme with great success

Issued by False Bay College 18 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

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Health & Safety

Tackling HIV in the mining industry - new guidance from DME

Nivaani Moodley, Kalene Watson & Shane Johnson 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

About 70% of South Africans with HIV are on antiretroviral treatment.

HIV/AIDS

South Africa has the best HIV policies, report finds

James Stent 3 Dec 2020

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

Businesses all over the country closed their doors for good. GettyImages

Covid-19

Lockdown didn't work in South Africa: why it shouldn't happen again

Benjamin T H Smart & Alex Broadbent 15 Oct 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

Winnie Byanyima, executive director, UNAIDS. Source: UNAIDS

Covid-19

Covid-19 and HIV: When two viruses collide

Nicci Botha 7 May 2020

How tech can influence the 'new norm'

IoT

How tech can influence the 'new norm'

6 May 2020

Malawi solar energy project to add 46MW to local power supply

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Malawi solar energy project to add 46MW to local power supply

27 Dec 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

Image: World Health Organisation

HIV/AIDS

Malawi races towards global HIV targets

WATIPASO MZUNGU 14 Aug 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

HIV/AIDS

New study shows partial progress in South Africa's HIV response

13 Jun 2019

Research

Ask Afrika's Da Vinci Awards reveal how effective market research marries art and science

Issued by Ask Afrika 22 Nov 2018

Photo: Kim Cloete

HIV/AIDS

Community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections

Kim Cloete 5 Mar 2019

Photo: libcom.org

Tuberculosis

MDR-TB treatment achievable in post-conflict DRC

15 Feb 2019

PrEP pills. Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Stop blaming PrEP for the rise in STIs - the picture is more complex than that

Oli Stevens & Charles Witzel 11 Dec 2018

The theme for World Aids Day is “know your status”. EPA

HIV/AIDS

Self-testing: a potentially powerful tool for fighting HIV

Joel Msafiri Francis 30 Nov 2018

The WHO recommends testing for HIV every 6 to 12 months. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Overcoming the real - and perceived - barriers to HIV testing

Linda-Gail Bekker 29 Nov 2018

MMI Holdings Limited won Ask Afrika's inaugural Da Vinci Awards for the innovative use of research about presenteeism to impact positively on workplace productivity.

Research

Ask Afrika's Da Vinci Awards 2018 winners announced

22 Nov 2018

False positive results have raised questions about home pregnancy tests. flickr/Rebecca

Medtech

DIY medical tests: why some are safer than others

Glenda Mary Davison 30 Oct 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

Response to HIV needs to change

HIV/AIDS

Response to HIV needs to change

23 Jul 2018

#Mandela100: Mobile HIV clinics hit the road

HIV/AIDS

#Mandela100: Mobile HIV clinics hit the road

13 Jul 2018

Hermina Manjekana Dyeshana

HIV/AIDS

HIV programmes need to bring blessers onboard

16 Feb 2018

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

HIV/AIDS

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

Jónas Oddur Jónasson 23 Jan 2018

Antiretroviral treatment prevents the virus from multiplying and prolongs the lives of HIV positive people. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

HIV/AIDS

Kenya's HIV progress report: good progress, but also big gaps

Griffins Manguro 3 Jan 2018

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

Insurance & Actuarial

#WorldAIDSDay2017: We can't afford to become complacent

1 Dec 2017

Mike Gerhardt via

Public Transport

Campaign set to make taxi industry healthier

24 Nov 2017

Photo: PRI/Stephane de Sakutin

HIV/AIDS

KZN kicks off chronic care programme for HIV patients

9 Oct 2017

Zambia makes HIV testing compulsory

HIV/AIDS

Zambia makes HIV testing compulsory

21 Aug 2017

Partnership to boost HIV treatment

HIV/AIDS

Partnership to boost HIV treatment

5 Jul 2017

How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched

HIV/AIDS

How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched

26 Jun 2017

Top ten shortlist for The Venture

Marketing & Media

Top ten shortlist for The Venture

23 Jan 2017