HIV and AIDS remains a major health challenge in South Africa. Unlike the initial days after it was discovered and considered a death sentence by many, its negative impact tremendously been reduced ...

Many HIV patients feel healthy and believe they are cured, leading them to stop their medication.

Unlike long ago when testing positive for HIV was regarded as a death sentence, the introduction of antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs has changed the perception to a mere diagnosis. With proper adherence to ...

The 18th International Aids Conference has opened in Vienna. Thousands of delegates from around the world are pushing for access to anti-retrovirals to be classified as a human right. Anti-retrovirals ...

2018 marks the 30th anniversary of World Aids Day. South Africa has made great strides towards the global 90-90-90 targets (90% of adults living with HIV tested, 90% of people living with HIV on ...

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Treatment as prevention has arguably been the most significant shift in ideas around attempts to turn the tide against the HIV/Aids epidemic – and history will judge the world harshly if it fails to ...

Dr, Do ARVS cause impotence? I was doing well sexually until I was diagnosed with HIV and given ARVs. Now I have erection challenges which affect my sexual prowess. Will I get used to the drugs and ...

South Africa’s programme to give mothers antiretroviral treatment preventing them from transmitting HIV to their babies during pregnancy and breastfeeding is rightly lauded for saving lives. The ...

Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) has shelved some batches of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) over safety concerns. According to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), the drugs, Tenofovir, ...

Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has voiced his concerns regarding the police's decision to send antiretroviral (ARV) medication to illegal miners trapped underground in the Stilfontein mine.