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Why you shouldn't be ashamed of your period

Why treasury won’t support a fall in the tampon tax

Opinion Pontsho Pilane -
Pontsho Pilane recently presented a proposal to Parliament to introduce free pads for poor people who menstruate. Here’s what she learned.
In many countries women allege they were sterilised without consent during or shortly after labour.

Forced sterilisations rob African women of more than just motherhood

Opinion Tabitha Griffith Saoyo -
The ability to bear children continues to decide many women's social standing and inheritance.
The 2016 World Aids Day special report focuses on what it will take to reach the 90-90-90 targets to end the Aids epidemic by 2030.

What will it take to end Aids by 2030?

Opinion Mia Malan -
Scientific advances mean nothing if people are too ashamed and feel too judged to seek them out.
Antiretrovirals are changing. In the future

Will South Africa reach its 90-90-90 HIV targets?

Opinion Yogan Pillay -
The country has made progress with its plans to prevent, treat and monitor HIV but still has a long way to go.
Will PrEP mean fewer new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa in the near future? Not exactly

Is the HIV prevention pill a ‘magic bullet’?

Opinion Mitchell Warren -
PrEP is not a magic bullet. But we won’t end the HIV epidemic without it.
Taking control: HIV self-test kits like this are already available at pharmacies in South Africa

HIV stigma: ‘The fear of being blamed for being different is too much to...

Opinion Mia Malan -
Aids is a mirror that reflects how we think about society. It exposes our prejudices and our lack of ability to embrace diversity.
Does going for "the snip" lead to risk disinhibition in men?

Medical male circumcision offers a gateway to HIV testing and medical check-ups

Opinion Donna Jacobs and Collen Bonnecwe -
Circumcision can prevent thousands of HIV infections by 2030 at a relatively low cost, but the uptake has been slower than expected.
Community health workers didn't just provide at-home HIV testing. They went into schools to help teach young people sexual and reproductive health and encourage boys to get medically circumcised.

Too poor to care? The call for a minimum wage has exposed a sick...

Opinion Ntsiki Mpulo -
Care workers may be the backbone of community health care but they sure aren’t paid like it
Could HIV treatment become as simple as a once-a-month injection?

Six ways ARVs can help to end Aids by 2030

Opinion Kevin Rebe -
Science knows more than ever about how to use HIV treatment to prevent new infections but will it be enough to end Aids?
What started as a bizarre press release touting a "potential HIV cure" has gone viral leading media houses all over the world to lash out over firm Zion Medical's latest claims.

South Africa on the cusp of HIV vaccine breakthrough

Opinion Glenda Gray -
Recently the first participants in the HVTN 702 study received jabs of a vaccine that could stop HIV in its tracks
Sexual violence is rife in Khayelitsha primary schools

Will the government’s next HIV plan go far enough?

Opinion Marcus Low -
Activists need to pick their battles because a strategy that pleases everyone is doomed to fail
Since the early 2000s

Scientists have tools to fight HIV, but we need more

Opinion Trevor Mundel and Naledi Pandor -
South Africa needs to increase its investment in science — if not, the country can’t beat HIV.
Previous strikes at the National Health Laboratory Services have delayed test results for people living with HIV and women awaiting pap smear results.

Could we mass-produce HIV immunity?

Opinion Penny Moore, Lynn Morris and Nono Mkhize -
One tiny protein may hold the secret to ending the HIV pandemic.
Where will newly qualified doctors go if provinces are being told to scale back staff under budget pressures?

Hundreds of medical graduates may be unemployed amid budget cuts

Opinion Zahid Badroodien -
More than 200 newly qualified doctors may be left with worthless degrees if provinces can't raise funds for internship positions
Drinking four glasses of wine a day can increase your chances of getting breast cancer by about 50%.

Cancer and heart disease: Can alcohol help you or hurt you?

Opinion Charles Parry -
Drinking four glasses of wine a day can increase your chances of getting breast cancer by about 50%.
More than 876-million school-age children are at risk of becoming infected with potentially sight-stealing parasites.

A sight for sore eyes: Teachers test pupils’ eyes to keep them in school

Opinion Imran Khan -
Children need more than books to flourish at school. De-worming may be one of the most cost-effective ways to increase school participation in Africa.
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