South Africa: The Anti-HIV Jab That Buhle Sikade Trusts - Free Soon for 456,000 South Africans

Buhle Sikade has been using an HIV-prevention injection that gives her almost foolproof protection against contracting HIV through sex - medicine that other HIV-negative people in… Read more »

South Africa: Covid Played the Long Game and Got Me, At Last, As My Worst Fears Came True

Three weeks ago, I visited a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and HIV medical facility. I was wary and paranoid, as I always am around viral diseases. I did not shake hands… Read more »

South Africa: Withdrawal of US Aid Has Hurt South Africa's HIV Management Programme

Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected. Read more »

South Africa: Rethinking HIV Treatment With Tailored Solutions for Improved Patient Engagement and Outcomes

The health department has R622-million extra to prop up South Africa's HIV treatment programme in the wake of foreign aid cuts. But it's only about a fifth of the total gap. We… Read more »

South Africa: Redi Tlhabi Meets Winnie Byanyima - Fighting Aids, Inequality and Reclaiming Power

UNAIDS head Winnie Byanyima joins Redi Tlhabi to unpack HIV funding, health justice, and democracy under threat. From South Africa to the UN, she reveals what it takes to lead--and… Read more »

South Africa: Minister Motsoaledi's Big HIV Treatment Jump - Is It True?

More than half a million people previously diagnosed with HIV have started on HIV treatment since the end of February, the health minister says. But can a big jump in 10 weeks… Read more »

South Africa: How Hlokomela Clinic Adapted to Funding Challenges in HIV Care

Trump's slash and burn to foreign aid has hit HIV programmes hard. Here's what Hlokomela Clinic has been doing to prepare for such cuts -- and what it has learned about surviving… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's HIV Programme Is Collapsing - and Our Government Is Absent

We're watching the largest HIV treatment programme in the world unravelling in real time. We don't need perfection, but we do need a combination of urgency, action and strategy to… Read more »