HIV Funding Still Falls Short of Targets After Pledges - What's At Stake [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The US government paused all foreign assistance in January 2025. This abrupt decision affected the delivery of life-saving HIV medicines and the provision of HIV prevention… Read more »
End-of-Year Message From the Director of the WHO's Department for HIV, TB, Hepatitis & Stis [document]
WHO
Dear friends, colleagues and partners, Read more »
Health Advances Marked 2025 As Wars and Funding Cuts Strained Systems
UN News
From eliminating deadly infections to expanding access to lifesaving vaccines, 2025 delivered meaningful progress for global health, according to the UN World Health Organization… Read more »
Africa Calls for Equitable Access to Long-Acting HIV Innovations At UNAIDS Meeting in Brazil
Capital FM
African countries have renewed calls for equitable, affordable, and timely access to long-acting HIV prevention and treatment innovations, warning that scientific breakthroughs… Read more »
WHO Validates Brazil for Eliminating Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Brazil for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, making it the most populous country in the Americas to… Read more »
'Wa Visa' - High-Pay Unsafe Sex Driving HIV Risk Nationwide
Nyasa Times
A growing practice known as wa visa, in which sex workers engage in unprotected sex with trusted, higher-paying clients, is emerging as a key driver of Malawi's HIV epidemic,… Read more »
Govt to Roll Out Twice-Yearly HIV Injection in Major Prevention Push
263Chat
Zimbabwe is preparing to place at least 46 500 people on a long-acting HIV prevention drug early next year marking the country's first rollout of Lenacapavir a twice-yearly… Read more »
When Politics Trumps Science - Why the US Isn't Giving South Africa LEN
Bhekisisa
By shutting South Africa out of its overseas funding for the roll-out of the revolutionary six-monthly HIV prevention jab which could potentially end Aids, the Trump administration… Read more »
Yedi Takes HIV Awareness, Testing to Abete Community As New Infection Rise in Lagos
Vanguard
To mark this year's World AIDS Day, the Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative, YEDI, weekend led a major community outreach in Abete, Lagos, delivering free HIV testing,… Read more »
Ntungamo Sets Fresh HIV Testing and Counselling Push As District Records 6% Prevalence
Nile Post
Ntungamo District is preparing a renewed HIV counselling and testing drive targeting high-risk hotspots and school-going adolescents, as the district maintains a 6% HIV prevalence… Read more »
New Report Highlights Urgent Need to Address HIV Stigma and Discrimination
Health-e
South Africa has come a long way in the fight against HIV, boasting the world's largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme. While the proportion of people living with HIV… Read more »
Rwanda's Aging HIV Population Deserves Our Coordinated Support [opinion]
New Times
Rwanda's remarkable progress in HIV treatment has transformed the virus from a fatal diagnosis into a chronic, manageable condition. Yet this success has brought a new reality,… Read more »
HIV Cure Must Not Be a Privilege
New Times
Scientists have confirmed the tenth person in the world to achieve long-term HIV remission without antiretroviral medication, thanks to a stem cell transplant that has kept them… Read more »
Anti-Migrant Groups Force Assylum Seeker With HIV and TB Off Medication
Health-e
Ali Burundi, a 58-year-old living in Durban, is facing a life-threatening struggle. Living with both TB and HIV, he's received his medication consistently from Gateway Clinic at… Read more »
Report Reveals Ongoing Challenges for People Living With HIV in SA
SAnews.gov.za
The HIV Stigma Index 2.0 report launched on Wednesday reveals that, despite progress since the 2014 study, significant efforts are still needed to reduce stigma, improve healthcare… Read more »
