The drug has been available on a number of pilot projects, but it’s the first time it’s being made accessible to the youth.

After a decade where SA’s life expectancy soared, a weak economy could set it all back…

Our own Atomic Blonde killed it when addressing a charity Q&A session in Cape Town

Charlize sees a big problem that needs to be dealt with.

A miracle child of note.

The SANAC are fighting back against criticism levelled at them

Gene-editing scientists. This future really is here.

In a series of tweets, the South African presidency presented governmental progress in celebration of President Jacob Zuma 75th birthday. Our readers voted for these 7 claims to be fact-checked.

The new Minister of Police talks tough about reducing crime. Here are a few benchmarks to measure his success by.

Tuberculosis is still at the top of the list.

The International AIDS Conference is more than just a talk shop. The platform it offers for engagement between governments, scientists and civil society is of undisputable value.

Researchers are still figuring out why exactly girls are more susceptible to HIV infection than boys but sex with older men is thought to play a role, together with biological and sociological reasons.

Despite our government spending around R20 billion to fight HIV-Aids each year, we’re seeing about 2 000 women infected per week.

Nolusindiso was raped three times. She received no help. She dropped out of school. She became pregnant in 2013 and found out she was pregnant and HIV positive. She as to walk 8kms to get her treatment.

This figure is significantly lower than that reported by Stats SA and the World Health Organisation, both which put life expectancy at around 60.

As former president Thabo Mbeki fires another epistolary salvo against his critics, journalists and online editors have taken the bait, spreading rumours and misinformation that have their roots in a racist world-view

Could “about 88%” of South Africa’s police force be HIV+, as the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) recently reported? Africa Check inspected the evidence.

A study done by Carreworks show that by the time most young girls have finished Grade 12, about 7-10% of girls were HIV-positive‚ yet most of the boys remained HIV-negative.

Although the trial was small, the drug firm believes it offers a significant step forward.

As a result of South Africa’s broad access treatment programme, life expectancy has leapt up by a decade from 52.1 in 2003 to 62.5 in 2015.

Charlie Sheen has revealed that he is HIV positive. Your first response might be “so what”, but a person with a high profile – who goes on to live a healthy life – can go a long way in helping fight the stigma that still surrounds those who are ill.

The New Age newspaper recently reported that “about 41%” of further education and training (FET) college students in South Africa are HIV positive. Africa Check discovered this statistic is vastly inaccurate.

A major development in the fight against HIV poses quite the dilemma for those looking to boycott Israeli researchers, as this could prevent the research from saving millions of lives.

Internationally acclaimed baritone, Njabulo Madlala, hopes that you will help change the lives of underprivileged South Africans by supporting his concert in September.

The Millennium Development Goal to halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and achieve universal access to treatment by 2015 has been exceeded. There is even hope to end the AIDS
epidemic by 2030.