Aids Focus

Inept managers 'costing lives'

The survival of HIV-positive South Africans should not be in the hands of incompetent or under-performing managers, healthcare organisations have urged.

• Let's move on, says Tutu
• Genocide calls 'unhelpful'
• Health watchdog on the cards

Let's move on, says Tutu

Pointing fingers at the administration of former president Thabo Mbeki is not helpful in dealing with SA's HIV/Aids problems, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

• Lekota: Genocide call dangerous
• Hands off Mbeki - Malema

'Too late for Mbeki genocide charge'

A doctor who was fired for giving ARVs to rape victims when it was against government policy says it is too late to charge Thabo Mbeki for genocide.

• Hands off Mbeki - Malema
• Mbeki blamed for Aids crisis
• 'Grave concern' over Aids deaths

'Men must join Aids battle'

"There is a new man in SA," proclaims a new ad aiming to transform ideas about sexuality and to enlist men in the fight against HIV/Aids.

• Govt must 'intensify Aids fight'
• Zuma praised for Aids speech

Obama lifts HIV travel ban

President Barack Obama is lifting the United States' travel ban for those who are HIV-positive.

• ARV programme may be extended
• 'Protect kids from Aids'
• Minister: War on Aids not lost

Time for new Aids attack: Zuma

President Jacob Zuma has called for a change of behaviour and a renewed onslaught against HIV/Aids.

• Treatment for poor up tenfold
• Minister: War on Aids not lost

Antenatal HIV prevalence is 29%

HIV prevalence among pregnant women has stabilised at around 29%, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said during the release of a survey of antenatal HIV.

HIV spread outruns treatment

New HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are growing twice as quickly as antiretroviral drugs are rolled out, despite a 39% hike in treatment access, according to UNAids.

• Earlier HIV treatment needed
• SA to raise Aids treatment
• Activists 'watching' leaders

De Lille backs Zuma comment

Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille has welcomed President Jacob Zuma's comments about HIV/ Aids during an interview with CNN.

Vaccine cuts Aids infection risk by 31%

An experimental Aids vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection, as researchers hail a medical "breakthrough" in the quarter-century battle against the disease.