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Pharmaceutical industry

Exposed: Southern African trio 'sold expired ARVs' in Europe at a 4 000% markup

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Bhekisisa
17 November 2016
Injectable & long-acting PrEP

'A shot can end the stigma': African women pin hopes on anti-HIV jab

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Reuters
3 December 2020
Epidemiology

African-Americans, Latinos and gay men bear the brunt of new US HIV infections

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27 November 2003
Transmission & prevention

HIV incidence high and unchanged in rural South African community over five-year period

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12 February 2009
TB transmission & prevention

African TB patients in London often have misconceptions about their illness and feel stigmatised

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14 September 2006
Cancer

Women with HIV have three times the risk of cervical cancer, large South African study shows

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3 November 2023
Hepatitis & HIV

HIV treatment safe and effective in South African patients with hepatitis B co-infection, but co-infection frequent

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13 November 2008
Changing treatment

Most people taking second-line ART in sub-Saharan Africa achieve viral suppression but there's a need for third-line treatment options

News
12 August 2016
Epidemiology & behaviour

Younger women not at higher risk of HIV from relationships with older men, South African study finds

News
7 March 2014
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Late enrolment in HIV care declines in sub-Saharan Africa, but majority of people still eligible for immediate ART at diagnosis

News
26 August 2014
Global health targets

A benign circle: how a combination of factors has reduced HIV infections in one of the hardest-hit parts of Africa

News
14 February 2017
Human rights

Homo-“phobia” in sub-Saharan Africa: How much more time are we going to postpone the real therapy of the “disease”?

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International Health Politics
31 January 2014
Ageing & HIV

South Africa: The proportion of people of 50+ with HIV has doubled in 10 years. What does that mean for healthcare?

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Bhekisisa
12 May 2025
Circumcision

Cross-sectional study suggests circumcision is having a big impact on HIV rates among men in Orange Farm, South Africa

News
3 October 2013
Infant feeding

Exclusive breastfeeding hampered by infant illnesses, follow up of mothers with HIV shows

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7 December 2012

Mothers and children

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23 April 2009
The search for an HIV prevention vaccine

HIV vaccine fails in first large trial; may protect Blacks, Asians only

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24 February 2003
Global health initiatives

Radical changes in US policy threaten two decades’ progress in HIV

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12 March 2025
HIV treatment for children & young people

UNAIDS and PEPFAR announce dramatic reductions in new HIV infections among children in the 21 countries most affected by HIV in Africa

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UNAIDS
8 June 2016
Drug-resistant TB

Treatment with bedaquiline significantly reduces mortality among South African people with XDR- and MDR-TB

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16 July 2018
Epidemiology & behaviour

HIV treatment has not led to increasing sexual risk-taking in rural South African communities

News
2 August 2013
Changing treatment

17 months average wait to switch from a failing HIV treatment regimen in African countries

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28 March 2022
Prisoners

Locked up and forgotten: African prisoners have been left behind in the fight against HIV

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12 December 2023
Health problems & ageing

HIV-positive South African patients with higher BMIs have reduced risk of death and TB

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3 June 2010