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Tenofovir, lamivudine and dolutegravir are arguably the three most important medicines in South Africa. Archive photo: GroundUp Staff

HIV/AIDS

Cipla wins court fight over HIV pill tender

Tania Broughton 23 Oct 2026

International Women’s Day | 4 South African women included in KFC's Africa female firsts

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

International Women’s Day | 4 South African women included in KFC's Africa female firsts

6 Mar 2026

Cipla to secure South Africa's ARV supply amid supplier crisis

HIV/AIDS

Cipla to secure South Africa's ARV supply amid supplier crisis

6 Feb 2026

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: Western Cape launches U=U campaign

Katja Hamilton 2 Aug 2023

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: Licensing of anti-HIV jab ignites hope for millions in Africa

Katja Hamilton 26 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Juliet Houghton, the chief executive officer of the Southern African HIV Clinician’s Society.

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: SA prepares to roll out new HIV treatment plan for children

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2023

HIV/AIDS

HIV prevention: new injection could boost the fight, but some hurdles remain

Jessica Haberer 28 Nov 2022

Emergency Medicine

African solutions to African problems: Reframing science innovation

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD 9 Jun 2022

Long-acting cabotegravir injections once every eight weeks was better than the daily tablet used for HIV prevention. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Large Africa study makes important breakthrough in HIV prevention

Ina Skosana 17 Nov 2020

Dr Priya Agrawal, managing director, MSD, South Africa & sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS

MSD signs voluntary licensing agreements for HIV drug

5 Oct 2020

This is the HIV combination treatment pill of choice (though this is only one of several brands) for newly diagnosed HIV patients in South Africa. The regimen has proven very effective at suppressing HIV, and patients tolerate it well, but it is associated with obesity in women.

HIV/AIDS

Weight gain worries for newer HIV treatment regimens

James Stent 2 Oct 2020

Aids activists lie down in protest in front of parliament in 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa.

HIV/AIDS

Aids conference: Covid-19, big breakthroughs and missed targets

Linda-Gail Bekker 29 Jul 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

HIV/AIDS

What does HIV look like in South Africa?

Nicci Botha 6 Dec 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 29 Nov 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

Public Health

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

12 Jun 2019

Anele Yawa, general secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign; Francois Venter, deputy executive director of the Wits reproductive health and HIV institute; Qedani Mahlangu, Gauteng MEC for health; Beverley Kramer, assistant dean: research & postgraduate support; Ian Sanne, director of Wit's clinical HIV research unit and Martin Veller, dean of the faculty of Health sciences at Wits.

HIV/AIDS

#WorldAIDSDay: Research leads SA's treatment programme

1 Dec 2016

Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim

HIV/AIDS

SA HIV researcher wins top women in science award

Nicci Botha 16 Mar 2016

HIV/AIDS

How a drug can help prevent 5000 girls being infected with HIV every week

Sinead Delany-Moretlwe and Deborah Baron 21 Dec 2015

North West ready to roll out fixed dose ARVs

Administration

North West ready to roll out fixed dose ARVs

10 Apr 2013

HIV/AIDS

SANAC welcomes fixed dose combination ARVs

9 Apr 2013

HIV/AIDS

Govt's HIV and Aids prevention efforts bearing fruit

Gabi Khumalo 18 Dec 2012

HIV/AIDS

Single ARV drug welcomed

30 Nov 2012

Pill may cut HIV risk as much as 99%

HIV/AIDS

Pill may cut HIV risk as much as 99%

21 Sep 2012

HIV/AIDS

Aspen prepared to help bridge ARV shortages

21 Jun 2012

Public Health

ARV packs delivered in Limpopo

1 Jun 2012

HIV/AIDS

ARV availability improves in Gauteng, says Mekgwe

1 Jun 2012

Science

Scientists will not give up on HIV-fighting gel

6 Feb 2012

Alleged HIV gel ineffectiveness 'baffles' inventor

Science

Alleged HIV gel ineffectiveness 'baffles' inventor

30 Nov 2011

Gilead licence expands access, but several countries left out

Pharmaceuticals

Gilead licence expands access, but several countries left out

22 Jul 2011

Trial and major study find PrEP can reduce risk of HIV infection among heterosexuals

HIV/AIDS

Trial and major study find PrEP can reduce risk of HIV infection among heterosexuals

14 Jul 2011

Findings prompt more research into anti-HIV gel

HIV/AIDS

Findings prompt more research into anti-HIV gel

15 Jun 2011

Antiretrovirals: A significant role in preventing HIV infections in HIV-negative South Africans?

HIV/AIDS

Antiretrovirals: A significant role in preventing HIV infections in HIV-negative South Africans?

1 Dec 2010

HIV/AIDS

Researchers to develop vaginal microbicide gels for HIV infection

17 Sep 2010

HIV/AIDS

Rectal gel could limit HIV transmission

5 Aug 2008

World AIDS Day

The production of ARVs: the Brazilian experience

Amy S. Nunn, Elize M. Fonseca, Francisco I. Bastos 13 Nov 2007

HIV/AIDS

IAS news: HIV negative women may be able to conceive naturally with their HIV positive partner

24 Jul 2007

HIV/AIDS

Still hope for microbicides

6 Jul 2007

HIV/AIDS

Trial for new microbicide starts in South Africa

Gerald Businge 25 Jun 2007