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South Africa has made massive strides in the fight against HIV. One of the country’s flagship interventions has been the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Nevertheless, South Africa still has the world’s largest HIV epidemic. It’s estimated that 7.5 million people in the country have HIV. Women of…

In 2014 the United Nations set an ambitious goal: to end the AIDS pandemic by the year 2030.

World AIDS Day is taking place at the start of December

While the world has focused on the COVID pandemic for nearly three years, less and less attention is being paid to HIV. However, HIV is still a global problem. In 2021, according to the United Nations, 38.4 million people were living with HIV, over 650,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses, and…

Liu Ximei, who was diagnosed with HIV at 10, is shown as a dauntless campaigner whose home provides a warm haven for patients still neglected in China

"Many people who are living with HIV have no obvious signs or symptoms"

Around the region people will be encouraged to wear a red ribbon - the symbol of HIV awareness.

Johannesburg (AFP) - At the age of 13, Ndumiso Gamede was orphaned when his parents died at the peak of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.

Making it easy, free and quick to test for sexually transmitted diseases can only be a good thing, says Miriam Stoppard