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At the end of this year South Africa’s big plan to fight HIV and tuberculosis comes to an end. The National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and STIs 2012 – 2016 will be replaced by the 2017 – 2021 NSP. It is vital that the new NSP avoids the mistakes of the past and fully…
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HIV changed our society at a time when South Africa needed no distraction as it battled to rebuild a nation post-apartheid., write Professor Glenda Gray and Professor James A. McIntyre.
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Professor Hoosen Coovadia writes that he was thrust into the vortex of International AIDS Society’s 13th International AIDS conference in 2000 as chairperson by close colleagues Professor Quarraisha Abdool-Karim and Dr Gustaaf Wolvaardt, presumably due to the absence of any suitable alternatives, because of his academic record (such as it was at that time) and…
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With over 3 000 people dying from HIV infection every single day and 5 500 becoming newly infected, AIDS is not over by any means, writes Professor Peter Piot.
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As the global HIV community returns to South Africa for the International AIDS Conference, there is no better time to take stock of the progress the country has made, write Dr Fareed Abdullah and Kanya Ndaki.
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It has been almost 35 years since AIDS was identified. Thirty-five long years, since the disquieting realisation that young men in North America, in the prime of their lives, were dying from a hitherto unknown virus.
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We are in a very exciting time for HIV treatment (ART) for three reasons. Over 17 million people with HIV are receiving ART worldwide. This is less than half of the over 36 million people living with HIV.
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Professor Francois Venter writes that it is strange to think of the progress we have made as a country since 2004, when the South African antiretroviral (ARV) programme rollout was started. A full version of the special edition of Spotlight will be released during the International AIDS Conference in Durban which starts on 17 July.…
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We are at a pivotal point in the pursuit of a vaccine against HIV, write Professor Lynn Morris, Professor Carolyn Williamson and Dr Kathy Mngadi. A full version of the special edition of Spotlight will be released during the International AIDS Conference in Durban which starts on 17 July. This is an article which will…
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Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has revolutionised the lives of people living with HIV and in many countries, life expectancy for someone living with HIV is now almost the same as someone not living with HIV. But ART is not a cure, write Dr Thomas A. Rasmussen and Professor Sharon R. Lewin. A full version of the…
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A number of UNAIDS publications have promoted the idea that it is possible to “end the AIDS epidemic by 2030”. There are several encouraging signs to suggest that this may be true. It is now well-established that patients who are on antiretroviral treatment (ART) and with suppressed viral loads are virtually non-infectious, writes Dr Leigh…
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