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Global Aids programme looks ahead

The dream of future generations freed from the HIV/Aids epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts.

Life expectancy in SA increases

Despite the fact that one in every 10 South Africans is HIV-positive, life expectancy in SA has increased, according to Statistics South Africa.

US backed HIV vaccine fails

A halted study testing an experimental HIV vaccine after an independent review board found the vaccine did not prevent HIV infection nor reduce the amount of HIV in the blood.

Wits professor receives SA's highest honour

President Jacob Zuma has presented Professor Glenda Gray of Wits’ faculty of health sciences with SA's highest honour - the Order of Mapungubwe - for her life-saving HIV research.

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