The Department of Health is paying significantly reduced prices for antiretroviral treatments for HIV/AIDS.

The discovery of a new fast-spreading HIV variant is highlighting the urgency of ensuring that everyone living with HIV is on treatment.

TAC has called on former president Thabo Mbeki to offer an apology to the public for the “dissident” views he expressed about HIV/AIDS.

A 30-year-old woman has been called a beacon of hope after her body cleared itself from HIV without any medication.

AI described Kostopoulos’ death as a “lynching” and “assassination” and pointed to homophobic bias early Greek media reports about the trial

There has also been a worrying rise in new HIV infections, mostly prevalent among teenage girls and young women between the ages of 15 and 24.

Former Metro FM and SAfm presenter and social activist Criselda Kananda has been hospitalised due to COVID-19-related pneumonia.