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HIV prevention jab is finally here, now comes the hard part
South Africa is about to begin one of the most important HIV prevention drives in decades.
Earlier this month, Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, announced the...
Somebody call Hasina Subedar, the brain behind our LEN rollout
Amidst the mostly depressing HIV headlines of recent times, concerned as they mainly are with the deadly impacts of donor defunding, South Africa’s imminent roll-out...
Ignoring men in HPV prevention no longer an option
A 40-year-old man walks into his doctor’s room with a lump in his throat. He doesn’t smoke. He barely drinks. He has no family...
Powerful HIV jab won’t work if people cannot access it
In less than a month, South Africa will start rolling out the most potent HIV prevention medication the world has seen. But that alone...
It’s burning down there: How shame is keeping SA girls from...
A burning sensation. An itch that won’t go away. A rash. Yellow or brown or white discharge.
For many teenage girls and young women in...
Nine lessons to make SA’s anti-HIV jab roll-out work
In less than a month, South Africa will start rolling out the most potent HIV prevention medication the world has seen. But that alone...
More HIV funding cuts coming for SA: this time a slow...
South Africa has less than eight years before one of the most important sources of funding for its HIV and TB programmes falls away.
In allocation...
Here’s how to make drug addiction a health issue, not a...
It’s still early when Bridget Munnik walks to work, and the streets of Westbury in Johannesburg are eerily quiet.
"If it's daylight, then it's their...
Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war?
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met with the South African Medical Association (Sama) – one of the organisations taking him to court about the...
CAB-LA: Prevention jab that never had its moment, what it leaves...
In 2026, as South Africa prepares to introduce lenacapavir, another HIV-prevention injection is fading from view: long-acting cabotegravir, known as CAB-LA in short.
Both lenacapavir...
