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ARVs have stopped children dying, now the former Aids hospice is helping them to thrive.

Women who experience gender-based violence have a higher risk of contracting HIV: this should be considered in South Africa's prevention strategy.

A report released by health activists details mismanagement and shortages in Mthatha.

How SA women will benefit from an HPV vaccine, which the government will introduce next year, will strongly depend on the virus's link with HIV.

Antiretroviral treatment has given HIV-infected people a longer life, thus increasing the proportion of people living with HIV.

Denial should not stand in the way of the provision of sexual health services at schools, says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

The state's hopes for the nonsurgical circumcision device rest on its acceptance in initiation rituals.

Médecins Sans Frontières says in five months there has been no improvement with Eastern Cape HIV and TB drug stock-outs.

Youth delegate at the world Aids conference Phindile Sithole-Spong talks about reclaiming her sexuality after learning she was born with HIV.

A preventative mastectomy might save your life if you are at high risk but it does not provide 100% protection from developing breast cancer.

The state has pulled its funding of studies on the disease, retarding progress on a cure.

In a far-flung district, a night-time ban on shebeens has wiped out violence in a village.

The hunt is on for a new private sector partner with the expertise to set up a drug-making plan.

Their life expectancy is almost as high as those who are HIV free, yet they pay much more.

As the fallout regarding misinformation about vaccines and antiretrovirals shows, words can kill.

Access to ARVs is improving, but poor attitudes to patients are aggravating maternal mortality rates.