More than 17,430 males have been circumcised in efforts to battle the spread of HIV/Aids in Iringa. The project was mooted after researchers established that circumcision protects ... Read more »
Nongovernmental organisations have been spearheading a project aimed at helping to increase access to essential medicines by low income and disadvantaged people in Zambia. Read more »
A study conducted by the government on the prepex male circumcision device was presented recently at a conference on retriviruses and opportunistic infections in Boston, United ... Read more »
The Global Fund Observer, an independent watchdog, reports and comments on recent findings of fraud in the use of grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and ... Read more »
The government has launched an ambitious plan to halve new HIV infections, increase condom distribution and access to treatment. Read more »
US secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was excited by statistics showing SA was turning the tide against HIV/Aids, as she and International Relations Minister Maite ... Read more »
Every year about a million babies are born in South Africa. One in three could get HIV from their mothers. Without medical help, half will die before their second birthday, reports ... Read more »
Studies have shown that about 65 percent of the world's HIV-positive population live in Sub-Saharan Africa. This year's World Aids Day saw millions of people getting tested. Read more »
Recent studies have shown that antiretroviral drugs can reduce the risk of HIV-infection but for researchers and governments - the research raises more questions than answers about ... Read more »
The number of new HIV infections is almost one-fifth lower than it was a decade ago, indicating that the world has "turned the corner in the fight against HIV/AIDS", according to a ... Read more »
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