Western Cape Health is expecting to receive stock of a new antiretroviral (ARV) treatment called dolutegravir (DTG) by September, a drug that can be used in conjunction...Weekly Roundup
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will pay a "sizeable" portion of the $6m due to the Global Fund to unlock $400m for medicine and other health programmes for HIV,...South Africa
One in five public health facilities in South Africa were unable to supply at least one antiretroviral (ARV) or tuberculosis (TB) drug on the day they were contacted by...South Africa
South Africa’s recently awarded antiretroviral (ARV) tender, worth around R14bn over three years, is probably the biggest change since the single once daily tablet for...Weekly Roundup
The Northern Cape Health Department has, along with the Social Development Department, undertaken to conduct basic HIV training for guardians and parents of children...International
Claims from an Israeli company to have successfully trialled its 'Aids cure' in Uganda, which has caused a storm of interest on social media, this week came under...HIV/AIDS
Anti-HIV drugs have prevented millions of early deaths from Aids, but infected people must take the pills every day, for life. Now, two studies in small numbers of...HIV/AIDS
Older age and lower baseline kidney function are the only significant risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in HIV-positive adults,...HIV/AIDS
ViiV Healthcare has released data from two phase 3 trials that showed a once-daily, two-drug regimen of dolutegravir and lamivudine was non-inferior to a standard...Weekly Roundup
A case has been opened with the Hawks against the North West Health’s head of department, Dr Thabo Lekalakala with the legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Health...
