How HIV shaped us
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.
HIV and non-communicable diseases: a dangerous partnership
Over the years, HIV and the ensuing global epidemic has resulted in millions of deaths. With the advent of antiretroviral therapy, and the advocacy efforts of civil society, HIV-related mortality has significantly decreased, as has mother-to-child transmission.
Vuyiseka Dubula: So many have forgotten
By Vuyiseka Dubula – I was just months away from knowing my own HIV status when, in the year 2000, the people took over the streets of Durban marking a revolution to come. Although I was not present in Durban for that year’s AIDS conference – I was already connected to the struggle.
How the dark age of HIV/AIDS changed our democracy – Professor Hoosen Coovadia’s personal view
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 his leadership roles in the struggle for freedom.
Edwin Cameron | How the law helps – or hinders – the fight against the AIDS epidemic
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.
A time of dying in Durban
By Kerry Cullinan – Every day, I passed three funeral parlours on my 5km drive to work in central Durban. Shiny hearses lined up in the street, one behind the other. Fetching, taking, waiting.
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 be published in Spotlight.
A cure for HIV: Are we getting any closer?
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 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 be published in Spotlight.
Dear Nkosi Johnson, it has been 15 years since you exhaled for the last time
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 be published in Spotlight.
Is HIV elimination a pipe dream?
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 Johnson. 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 be published in Spotlight.
The Circus is Coming to Town: End the Rhetoric, Start the Revolution
In two months the international AIDS jamboree will arrive in Durban for a four-day conference on the state of the global AIDS epidemic.
