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Aids Focus

Aids experts launch 'CNN of virology'

A new digital media service will foster the global collaboration of physicians and help them to share the latest advances in Aids and other virus research, its promoters say.

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HIV/Aids

Free circumcisions to fight HIV

2012-04-17 16:21

Thousands of free circumcisions will be performed by non-profit HIV and Aids organisation Right to Care in the next year, the body says.

Gay

Anti-Aids pill 'makes cash sense for gays'

2012-04-17 11:49

Gay men who have five or more sex partners per year are part of a high-risk group that could benefit from a daily pill to ward off HIV, researchers say.

ARVs

Napwa welcomes ARV factory

2012-04-03 12:25

The National Association of People Living with Aids and HIV in Limpopo has welcomed moves by two international pharmaceutical companies to make antiretroviral drugs more affordable.

Newborn HIV rates plummet in Gauteng

2012-04-02 12:40

The rate of HIV infection in newborn babies has decreased by more than half in Gauteng, said the provincial department of health says.

 
HIV/Aids

HIV 'genocide' will cripple SA - Mokonyane

2012-04-02 12:40

The effects of HIV/Aids "genocide" will cripple the South African economy if nothing is done to combat the pandemic, Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane says.

HIV/Aids

No new HIV infections in next 20 years: Motlanthe

2012-03-24 18:00
76 comments

The government plans to bring down new HIV infection rates to zero in the next 20 years, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

KZN task team to probe HIV cure claims

2012-03-07 23:05

A task team has been set up to investigate various treatments advertised as cures for HIV/Aids, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize says.

Govt wants Aids tests for 35 000 students

2012-02-21 23:31

The government is aiming to test around 35 000 students for HIV and Aids by the end of this year.

Naledi Pandor

SA announces HIV drugs partnership

2012-02-10 14:18

The South African government has announced a joint venture to reduce the cost of anti-retroviral drugs with a Swiss company.

Condoms

ANC withdraws condoms

2012-01-29 09:48
84 comments

The Free State health department is recalling over a million condoms delivered for the ANC's centenary celebrations, over concerns they may be of poor quality.

Aids

SA has lost 4.4m people to Aids - survey

2012-01-23 22:35
89 comments

There would be more than 4.4 million more people in South Africa if it were not for the Aids pandemic, according to a survey.

Porn star

LA forces porn stars to wear condoms

2012-01-11 10:41

Los Angeles city lawmakers have voted to require porn actors to wear condoms on set, the latest move in a battle between Aids activists and the adult film industry.

HIV test

'Issues' holding back school HIV tests

2011-12-27 20:05

A number of issues remained unresolved before the HIV testing of pupils could start during the first school term of 2012, the basic education ministry says.

Aids movie

Soccer central to SA Aids movie

2011-12-01 18:19

A South African movie, mixing live action and animation, is taking viewers inside a soccer player's body, showing how he becomes infected with HIV and spreads the virus.

Jacob Zuma

New Aids plan will also focus on TB

2011-12-02 07:02

The new National Strategic Plan against HIV and Aids will also focus on TB, because co-infection is very high, President Jacob Zuma says.

India poverty

UN: HIV fuels family poverty

2011-12-01 10:19

Tens of thousands of HIV-affected households in Asia are facing "irreversible poverty" because of the cost of living with the disease, with women and children hardest hit.

Pornography on the internet

US groups want condoms in porn shoots

2011-12-01 12:44

A group that wants porn actors to wear condoms during film shoots says it has gathered about 64 000 US voter signatures to put the issue on the ballot in Los Angeles.

Primary schoolchildren need sex ed - minister

2011-11-30 19:03

Parliament's health portfolio committee has welcomed Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's intention to introduce sex education at primary school level.

Moscow

Eastern Europe, Asia HIV infections soar

2011-11-30 15:01

HIV infection rates are rising the fastest in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with a 250% increase since 2001, UN agencies say.

China flag

48 000 new HIV cases in China this year

2011-11-30 15:01

China will have about 780 000 people infected with the Aids virus by the end of this year, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex, state media reports.

HIV Aids

Scientists 'baffled' by gel results

2011-11-29 12:22

Scientists say they are shocked that a second study has shown that a vaginal gel developed to prevent HIV transmission in women is ineffective.

Aids

Aids funding cuts will affect millions

2011-11-28 21:40

A $1.6bn cut in funding for Aids treatment could affect millions of people as donors failed to meet commitments to the Global Fund, campaigners say.

 
msf

Cancelled grants hamper Aids, TB fight

2012-03-28 14:05

The world is losing ground in its efforts to improve the treatment of Aids and TB victims because of the Global Fund's termination of new grants, MSF says.

HIV rates lower in high treatment areas

2012-03-09 14:26

A new study conducted in KwaZulu-Natal shows that people living in areas where uptake of HIV treatment is high are less likely to acquire the virus, UNAids says.

SA soccer star died of Aids

2012-03-06 09:01

The family of Thabang Lebese has disclosed that the soccer star died of HIV/Aids complications, the family's spokesperson has said.

Zweli Mkhize

HIV transmission to KZN children drops

2012-02-24 10:55

The rate of HIV transmission from mother to child in KwaZulu-Natal has dropped from 22% to 2.8% in the past four years, Premier Zweli Mkhize says.

Faulty Bloemfontein condoms 'criminal'

2012-02-02 22:49

It is a criminal offence to have millions of faulty condoms circulating around Bloemfontein in the Free State, trade union Nehawu says.

Gates pledges $750m to Aids fund

2012-01-26 14:00

Bill Gates has pledged a further $750m to the troubled global Aids fund, urging governments to continue their support to save lives, despite the tough economic times.

Aids

Aids turnaround predicted

2012-01-19 22:43

South Africa is expected to make a dramatic turnaround on HIV/Aids due to a change in government policies, a UN official says.

Study raises hope for HIV vaccines

2012-01-05 14:01

An experimental vaccine has helped protect monkeys from an especially deadly form of the Aids virus, raising new hope for an effective vaccine in people, US researchers say.

George W Bush

Bush: Africa must boost Aids programmes

2011-12-05 13:12

African leaders must ensure that programmes to fight HIV/Aids on the ravaged continent are successfully carried out, former US president George W Bush says.

Police

Two men held for R13m tender fraud

2011-12-02 22:40

Police say two people have been arrested by the Hawks in Pretoria and the Western Cape for alleged tender fraud.

Cosatu

Strategic Aids plan widely welcomed

2011-12-01 12:44

Cosatu and the National Union of Mineworkers have joined the TAC in welcoming the expected launch of a new strategic plan to fight HIV.

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TAC supports new HIV plan

2011-12-01 09:04

Aids lobby group, the Treatment Action Campaign, has welcomed the launch of a new strategic plan to fight HIV, the organisation says.

Jacob Zuma

Zuma to launch strategic HIV/Aids plan

2011-12-01 07:27

President Jacob Zuma is to launch the new national strategic plan to fight HIV at a national World Aids Day event in Port Elizabeth.

UN concerned about HIV funding

2011-11-30 15:19

The UN says HIV infections have fallen and treatment has soared over the last decade, but it has sounded the alarm over declining funds.

Table Mountain

Table Mountain to go red for Aids Day

2011-11-30 10:06

Table Mountain will be lit up with red lights for a few hours to mark World Aids Day.

Aaron Motsoaledi

HIV rises among pregnant women

2011-11-29 15:38

The HIV-prevalence among pregnant women in the country has increased from 29.4% to 30.2%, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says.

HIV/Aids stats to be released

2011-11-29 07:16

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is set to release the 2010 national antenatal HIV and syphilis survey, which estimates the country's HIV prevalence.

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