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Professor Mike Sathekge – head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at UP and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, and president and CEO of NuMeRI – with his Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award at the announcement ceremony at the Brenthurst Library. Image supplied.

Medical Research

Nuclear medicine specialist receives R3m grant to turn tide against breast cancer

14 Jul 2026

HIV/AIDS

South Africa moves to eliminate HIV threat with Lenacapavir rollout

5 Jun 2026

HIV/AIDS

Pepfar Bridge Plan gives South Africa's HIV/Aids efforts $115m boost

16 Oct 2025

Pharmacists can initiate people with HIV on antiretroviral treatment, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled. Photo: GroundUp Staff

Medical Law

Pharmacists can treat people with HIV, appeal court rules

10 Oct 2025

Tuberculosis

TB is like “devastating slavery” - Health Minister

25 Jul 2025

Image credit: Nadezhda Moryak on Pexels

HIV/AIDS

Funding crisis threatens progress in fight against HIV/Aids

11 Jul 2025

Image credit: Unsplash

HIV/AIDS

SA Health to fund HIV/Aids research to fill Pepfar void

10 Jul 2025

Breaking the HIV bottleneck: Why sub-Saharan Africa must lead the way

HIV/AIDS

Breaking the HIV bottleneck: Why sub-Saharan Africa must lead the way

Bertie Jacobs, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 12 Jun 2025

An educator uses a model of the HIV virus to illustrate a lesson on Aids to youths at a primary health centre in Kobi suburb, Abuja, Nigeria 30 November 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

HIV/AIDS

New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries by 2025, says health official

Jennifer Rigby 18 Dec 2024

HIV/AIDS

How Afrocentric's Aid for Aids programme is transforming HIV care in South Africa

13 Dec 2024

Viatris invests R100m in Isando to increase local ARV manufacturing

Pharmaceuticals

Viatris invests R100m in Isando to increase local ARV manufacturing

4 Dec 2024

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

HIV: there’s hope for a cure – where we stand now

3 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Healthcare

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

Source: The South African National Aids Council.

HIV/AIDS

Launch of initiative to end Aids in children by 2030

5 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

9 Jun 2023

HIV/AIDS

Call to World Health Organization to rename HIV

2 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied.

HIV/AIDS

More men living with HIV are reaching out for treatment

1 Dec 2022

HIV/AIDS

Palliative care plays a critical role in the treatment of HIV/Aids sufferers

1 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,

Medical Research

#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

HIV/AIDS

South Africa loses a great champion and a powerful voice in the fight against HIV/Aids

Katja Hamilton 30 Dec 2021

Women empowerment key in fight against HIV and Aids

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Women empowerment key in fight against HIV and Aids

2 Dec 2021

HIV/AIDS

Covid-19 threatens gains made in HIV/Aids fight

Katja Hamilton 1 Dec 2021

Source: © HONGQI ZHANG

HIV/AIDS

Education key to equal access to healthcare for sex workers

Danette Breitenbach 28 Oct 2021

Source: ©The Global Fund. A march through Agogo town in Ghana to educate citizens on malaria

HIV/AIDS

Covid-19's adverse impact on HIV, TB and malaria programmes

8 Sep 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Covid-19

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

#WorldAidsDay: Covid-19 not the only health crisis we have on our hands

Health & Social Welfare

#WorldAidsDay: Covid-19 not the only health crisis we have on our hands

1 Dec 2020

#YouthMonth: The untold story of South Africa's youth during crisis

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

#YouthMonth: The untold story of South Africa's youth during crisis

Althea Farmer 25 Jun 2020

It’s important for scientists to have the most thorough understanding of HIV. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

What the discovery of a new HIV strain means for the pandemic

Linda-Gail Bekker 7 Feb 2020

Communities can make - or break - strategies to curb HIV

HIV/AIDS

Communities can make - or break - strategies to curb HIV

2 Dec 2019

Sapics 2019 puts the spotlight on healthcare supply chain challenges

Healthcare

Sapics 2019 puts the spotlight on healthcare supply chain challenges

10 May 2019

#BestofBiz 2018: CSI & Sustainability

ESG & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2018: CSI & Sustainability

18 Dec 2018

PrEP pills. Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Stop blaming PrEP for the rise in STIs - the picture is more complex than that

Oli Stevens & Charles Witzel 11 Dec 2018

Alicia Keys, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, Swati Dlamini-Mandela, among attendees. Image supplied.

ESG

MTV Staying Alive Foundation celebrating 20 years

30 Nov 2018

(DUREX)RED donation fights HIV/AIDS through Global Fund

HIV/AIDS

(DUREX)RED donation fights HIV/AIDS through Global Fund

Issued by Durex 29 Nov 2018

MTV Shuga launches three new campaigns

TV

MTV Shuga launches three new campaigns

1 Aug 2018

Student Accommodation

New green SU residence honours legacy of Nkosi Johnson

6 Jun 2018

Deputy President, David Mabuza. Photo: The Lowvelder

HIV/AIDS

Government's HIV partnerships are gathering momentum

30 May 2018

People queueing for drinking water at the Newlands spring, Cape Town. (Photo: Ralph Tyrrell)

ESG & Sustainability

Is it time for an environmental communication and behaviour change gathering in SA?

Hugh Tyrrell 16 May 2018

HIV/AIDS

Youth urged to create digital solutions to help tackle HIV and Aids

Athan Tashobya 10 May 2018

Inclusivity is key in the fight against HIV

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Inclusivity is key in the fight against HIV

Steve Letsike 22 Jan 2018

Joining hands in fighting HIV, TB and STIs

CSI

Joining hands in fighting HIV, TB and STIs

19 Oct 2017

Nicolaides, Mortlock and Lindeque in action.

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Inside the truth of the female-strong EWN newsroom

Leigh Andrews 28 Aug 2017

How bucking climate change accord would hinder fight against HIV/AIDS

Health & Social Welfare

How bucking climate change accord would hinder fight against HIV/AIDS

Brian King 11 Jan 2017

Mobile Health Clinics on the road to eliminate HIV

HIV/AIDS

Mobile Health Clinics on the road to eliminate HIV

Issued by Jag Method 1 Dec 2016

#WomensMonth: Colleen Khumalo on Aids, inequality and unions

HIV/AIDS

#WomensMonth: Colleen Khumalo on Aids, inequality and unions

5 Aug 2016