Africa: All of Africa Today - May 15, 2025

Massive Budget Cuts To Throw Kenya's Health Sector Into Disarray Read more »

Africa: Archbishop Makgoba Urges Americans to Lobby for PEPFAR and AGOA, Comments on Musk 'Empathy' Statements

Prominent African religious leader Archbishop Thabo Makgoba issued an urgent appeal to the U.S. to save two programmes crucial for the economic development and healthcare across… Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - April 11, 2025

Tanzania Opposition Leader Lissu Charged With Treason Read more »

Africa: USAID Funding Freeze Puts Millions of Women at Risk

Women and girls will suffer devastating consequences from the USAID funding freeze Read more »

Southern Africa: Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso Quit Charity After Leadership Clash

"What's transpired is unthinkable. We will always be Sentebale's founders, but this situation is beyond repair." Read more »

Africa: New Delivery, New Hope - Dissolving HIV Prevention Drug Works For Newborn Babies

In the fight against HIV, one of the most vulnerable populations is often overlooked - newborn babies Read more »

Africa: Solutions to TB and HIV Benefit All of Us, North and South

In the west of Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, where I come from, a tuberculosis outbreak is no different from one that takes place anywhere else in the world. A few dozen… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Freeze On Foreign Aid a 'Death Sentence' for Africa

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration issued an executive order on January 20, 2025, freezing foreign aid for 90 days, sparking widespread panic among aid… Read more »

South Africa: Le Kip Kip Revolutionizes HIV Prevention Conversations Among South African Women

Venessa Chen - a research program coordinator at the Program for Implementation Equity Research within the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights - shared her… Read more »

Southern Africa: From '1-in-3' to Zero Tolerance - Shattering the Chains of Gender-Based Violence

It is estimated that one out of eight women and girls will experience sexual violence before the age of 18 as a result of gender-based violence. Read more »

Africa: World AIDS Day - This Is How We Can Fight the Second Biggest Killer of People with HIV

When I recently visited a hospital ward in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, I left feeling deeply distraught. Over a dozen patients with HIV were admitted with cryptococcal… Read more »

Africa: A Tomato, Sex and HIV - The High Cost of Inequalities

This World AIDS Day, we have some good news. Our collective efforts are yielding results. There has been major progress in the HIV response in East and Southern Africa, the region… Read more »

Africa: Peer Power - How Youth-Led Outreach Can Transform PrEP Access in Tanzania #HIVR4P2024

Margareth Mwakilasa, an assistant research fellow at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania and a PhD student in Global Health at University College Dublin,… Read more »

Africa: 'Antiretrovirals Alone Will Not End the HIV Pandemic' - 4 Key Takeaways from #HIVR4P2024

The 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P 2024) held in Lima, Peru, marked a significant milestone in the global fight against HIV, bringing together more than 1,300… Read more »

Africa: Long-Lasting Protection - The Future of HIV Prevention in Africa

Imagine a world where an HIV prevention method lasts for six months, offering protection without the daily hassle of taking a pill. This could soon be a reality as new long-acting… Read more »

Africa: 'What Inspired Me Was to Provide Solutions to People' - HIV Prevention Advocate Idah Mulala

Research has shown that social behavior change is a cost-effective tool in HIV prevention, particularly when combined with robust advocacy efforts. When young people are equipped… Read more »

Africa: Time to Embrace HIV Prevention Tools While We Wait For The Cure

allAfrica's Sethi Ncube is in Lima, Peru, for the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, HIVR4P 2024, reporting from the only global scientific conference… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Researchers Playing Crucial Role in Advancing HIV Prevention #HIVR4P2024

Africa is contributing to groundbreaking data from the PURPOSE 2 study, which explores twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention. This study, with participants from South Africa… Read more »

South Africa: Couple Receives Prestigious Award for HIV/AIDS Work - South African News Briefs - October 2, 2024

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Africa: Communities at the Center - Leading the Fight to End HIV

The choice is clear, and the time to act is now: Trust, empower, and follow the lead of the communities we serve. Read more »

Zimbabwe: 'I Was 13 When I Was Diagnosed With HIV'

"Receiving this news at such a young age was a life-challenging experience that has shaped my life since. This was a harsh reality which I had to start dealing with from a young… Read more »

Africa: 'Why Are We Taking a Pill Every Day to Prevent Taking Another Pill Every Day?' #Aids2024

More people living with HIV have access to life-saving treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, even if you take ART drugs regularly as prescribed, there are still… Read more »

Africa: African HIV Networks Seek Stronger Commitment to Ending Epidemic

African networks representing people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs) convened in Munich, Germany, to demand increased funding for HIV programs as the global fight against the… Read more »

Africa: The Basket of HIV Prevention Options Needs to Be Filled

We stand at a thrilling precipice in the fight against HIV/AIDS. For the first time in history, the end of this devastating epidemic is within our grasp. This isn't just hopeful… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Despite Hostility, LGBTQI+ Activists in Zimbabwe Push for Equality

Facing a tide of discrimination and violence, Zimbabwe's LGBTQI+ community is fighting for their right to exist. Read more »