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Africa: World Aids Day Official Statement
African Union, 1 December 2019
Thirty years ago, when HIV first emerged, fear and repression triggered calls to "arrest, test, quarantine, isolate". Today, we have brought to light the darkness of discrimination… Read more »
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South Africa: Communities Can Make - or Break - Strategies to Curb HIV
The Conversation Africa, 27 November 2019
Communities have long played a critical role in the fight against HIV. Their activism and advocacy have greatly influenced the response to HIV/AIDS over the past four decades. Read more »
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Kenya: Aids Deaths Reduce By 60%
Nairobi News, 28 November 2019
Aids-related deaths in Kenya have dropped by about 55 per cent from 60,000 in the last nine years to 28,000 last year according to the World Aids Report 2019 released on Wednesday. Read more »
Battling HIV and Aids Through a Community-Led Approach
Young people, particularly young women, often face discrimination from health service providers when they seek out the sexual and reproductive services that would keep them safe. A holistic approach to healthcare, which listens to, understands and responds to the complex and individual needs of the people affected, putting people at the heart of the design and delivery of health services is required, writes Kilford Zimondi an HIV and AIDS specialist, and County Director for the development charity Humana People to People, South Africa.
InFocus
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The Botswana Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the government in a legal tussle over the supply of life-saving anti-retroviral drugs. In January 2019, the government was taken ... Read more »
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South Africa's national health department has been forced to postpone a nationwide rollout of dolutegravir over persistent concerns about what may be a low risk of birth defects ... Read more »
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A new antiretroviral drug regimen has been given the go-ahead by the World Health Organisation. Preliminary results from studies that include an ongoing trial in South Africa show ... Read more »
