Kenneth Kaunda - the Flawed Giant Who Squared Up to Colonialism and Aids [analysis]

Daily Maverick

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and anti-colonial hero, who governed one of the world's biggest copper producers between 1964 and 1991, has died of pneumonia at a… Read more »

Why African Countries Are Still Struggling in HIV War

Nation

Most HIV patients in African countries have lower viral suppression than those in high-income countries due to low rates of viral load testing, a study has shown. Read more »

High Level of New HIV Infections

AIM

Health Minister Armindo Tiago on 31 May revealed that the country ranks fourth on the list of countries with high rates of HIV infections, with a national average rate of new… Read more »

Part One - HIV Lessons for Covid-19 [analysis]

New Frame

The first in this three-part series looks at how South Africans overcame the pharmaceutical patents blocking access to life-saving antiretrovirals during the country's first… Read more »

HIV lessons for Covid-19

New Frame

South Africa's third Covid-19 wave arrived in sync with winter. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced at the end of autumn that the country would be moving up to an adjusted level… Read more »

Let's Seize the Moment of a Groundbreaking HIV Vaccine Approach and Covid-19 Immunisation Success [analysis]

Daily Maverick

For those affected by HIV, watching the stunningly swift development of not one but multiple successful Covid-19 vaccines in less than a year, has been partly inspirational, but… Read more »

Covid - 19 - Japanese Donation to Beef Up Vaccine Cold-Storage Equipment

Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunisia took delivery of a Japanese donation consisting of top-notch COVID-19 vaccine cold-storage equipment. Read more »

Married Couples Still Shunning Condom Use - Health Workers

New Zimbabwe

HIV/AIDS community health workers say they find it easier to discuss the benefits of the use of condoms with sex workers than among married couples. Read more »

U.S. Renews HIV/Aids Relief Support to Uganda

Independent (Kampala)

A record 18th U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Operation Plan for Uganda has been approved. Read more »

Office Urges Media to Enhance Role in HIV/Aids Prevention,

Ethiopian Herald

BISHOFTU- To prevent and control the spread of HIV/AIDs, Media should enhance its role in this end, said Addis Ababa City Administration HIV/AIDs Prevention and Control Office. Read more »

How to Prevent Mother-Child HIV Transmission - NACA

Daily Trust

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has advised pregnant women to take needed steps towards protecting their babies from HIV. Read more »

Ending Covid Means Ending Aids, and Ending Both Means Ending Inequality [analysis]

Daily Maverick

When it comes to communicable diseases, the lesson we should take from Covid-19 is that one person is all it takes to start a devastating pandemic. Is that fact enough of a wake-up… Read more »

Ending HIV in Children Is Way Off Target - Where to Focus Action Now [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

World leaders have recently, under the auspices of the United Nations, renewed their commitment to ending AIDS. The new phase offers much needed hope for the future, provided the… Read more »

Health Ministry Committed to Reducing HIV/Aids Impact

ANGOP

Angolan minister of Health Sílvia Lutucuta Thursday reiterated Government's commitment to reducing the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the Angolan social fabric. Read more »

Optimized Treatment for Children in Lesotho [press release]

E.G. Pediatric Aids Foundation

Optimized Arv Saves the Life of a 2-Year Old Girl Read more »