South Africa's national health department has been forced to postpone a nationwide rollout of dolutegravir over persistent concerns about what may be a low risk of birth defects ... Read more »

An estimated 30,000 migrants living in Botswana are HIV positive, and most are sex workers. Until now, the southern African nation was one of only a few countries that did not ... Read more »

Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Nonofo Molefh, has encouraged active community participation, with strong stewardship from community ... Read more »

The 47 member-states of the World Health Organization's African Region have nominated Dr Matshidiso Moeti to serve a second five-year term as Regional Director for Africa. The ... Read more »

The UN programme dedicated to the elimination of Aids has welcomed the appointment of Winnie Byanyima as its new executive director. Byanyima began her career as a champion of ... Read more »

First Lady, Neo Masisi, has asked the youth to commit to ending HIV/Aids by 2030 while expressing concern  over statistics that show that 49% of new HIV/aids infections are ... Read more »

A new antiretroviral drug regimen has been given the go-ahead by the World Health Organisation. Preliminary results from studies that include an ongoing trial in South Africa show ... Read more »

The pace of progress against HIV is slowing, says a new report by UNAIDS, the United Nations agency charged with "reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ... Read more »

Medicins Sans Frontiers is calling on governments, ministries of health, partners and international organizations to step up efforts toward reducing HIV/Aids deaths, following the ... Read more »

About 1.7 million people worldwide became newly infected with HIV in 2018, a 16% decline since 2010, a new report by UNAIDS says. The report was launched at a community event in ... Read more »