The health department has R622-million extra to prop up South Africa’s HIV treatment programme in the wake of foreign aid ...

Congress removed from a list of programmes from which the Trump administration wants to cut funds, doesn’t cancel the cuts to ...

SA has accepted an offer of just over R520-million from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria to buy the twice-a-year ...

Misinformation fuelled by US health czar Robert Kennedy Jr is creating a dangerous — and growing — lack of trust in vaccines.

SA has accepted an offer of just over R520-million from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir. Research shows the shot could help end Aids in ...

Today, people over 50 make up the second largest group of South Africa’s HIV-positive population. But as people age, health problems like high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes rise too, ...

Ida Jooste is a seasoned health and science journalist. She has worked in newsrooms in Durban, Johannesburg and Nairobi, winning more than 20 national and international media awards for her work. An ...

South Africa’s HIV programme is the biggest in the world, but now it’s been cut thin, with the loss of billions in US funding. Health economists warn of a surge in new infections and deaths if South ...

The major backer of the lenacapavir roll-out is assuring nervous researchers that they will keep their part of funding promises. It’s a good economic investment, says the Fund’s Peter Sands, into a ...

We searched English online media outlets for stories of women who were murdered in South Africa between 2018 and 2020 — only 4% of the official cases showed up. One in four female homicides reported ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how US President Donald Trump ordered USAID-funded HIV organisations in SA to shut down. Sign up for our newsletter today. Pepfar-funded HIV organisations in ...