‘You’re trying to deny me giving birth’
Women living with HIV in Namibia and South Africa have reported being forcibly sterilised after healthcare workers discovered that they were HIV positive. But how does forced sterilisation happen? One…
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HIV-positive women take legal action over alleged sterilisations
Women living with HIV have reported being forcibly sterilised in at least three countries around the world, including South Africa and Namibia. Matthew Henry, Burst Two HIV-positive Namibian women who…
The HIV prevention pill is often sold under the brandname Truvada. (Tony Webster, Flickr)
How to use the HIV prevention pill
Antiretrovirals (ARVs) don’t just treat HIV, the medication can also prevent people from contracting the virus. Today, a two-in-one combination pill of the ARVs tenofovir and emtricitabine has been shown…
Lo que contiene una pastilla contra el VIH, El Pais
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Q&A: Why it’s time to rethink what we know about palliative care
For many people in South Africa, the word "hospice" was once synonymous with AIDS. Now, that's changing.
Public hospitals allegedly withhold HIV treatment from immigrants following new provincial policy
US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases At least one Gauteng public hospital has denied HIV treatment to some patients following a newly circulated provincial policy, activists say. Leaked…
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Study paves the way for easier infant HIV treatment, could shed light on ‘functional cure’ cases
Matthew Henry from Burst Babies on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment may be able to take breaks from ARVs without compromising their health, sparing them from toxic side effects and drug resistance. This is…
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New investment in point-of-care HIV testing
© Giulio Donini/Unitaid International medicines financing mechanism UNITAID will invest more than US$140 million to evaluate point-of-care HIV diagnostic and monitoring technology in seven African countries. New technology could help put more…
The interview: Longtime HIV activist Johanna Ncala on life, love and pregnancy
Johanna Ncala was a medical technologist when she tested herself for HIV in 1993. At the time, treatment was not available in South Africa and for many, the diagnosis was tantamount to a death sentence. More than a decade later, Ncala reflects on love, life, pregnancy and HIV in this 2008 interview.