HIV/Aids News

Bed that cures Aids investigated

A thermal massage bed, said to cure Aids patients after a 40-minute session, is under investigation by the health ministry, the Sowetan newspaper reported.

Orphan crisis in SA

The number of orphans and child-headed households are on the increase in South Africa, the South African Institute of Race Relations has said.

Mbeki, Manto killed 330,000

The SABC did not refuse to air a controversial documentary on the Thabo Mbeki era and Aids deaths, the Health-e news service said on Tuesday.

Aids crisis Mbeki's fault

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Tuesday unveiled what he himself described as shocking figures showing a huge Aids-related leap in South Africa's death rate.

Unsafe sex major cause of death

Unsafe sex is linked to one in five deaths in women between the ages of 15 and 44.

Intensify Aids fight: Motsoaledi

The fight against HIV/Aids needs to be intensified, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Friday.

HIV+ can now join the army

Cabinet approved the revised policy on the health classification and selective deployment of stable HIV positive SANDF members during its regular meeting on Wednesday.

Obama ends travel ban on HIV+

President Barack Obama ended a 22-year-old policy barring people with HIV/Aids from entering the United States.

1 in 20 rapists convicted in SA

For every 100 cases of child rape in South Africa, only four rapists are convicted and imprisoned.

ARV programme may be extended

The health ministry is doing cost studies on extending its antiretroviral therapy programme to HIV carriers with a higher CD4 count, deputy director general Kamy Chetty said.