BACKGROUND: Most countries have formally adopted the World Health Organization's 2015 recommendation of universal HIV treatment ("treat all").
Policy
Resource
October 25, 2019
Event
August 12, 2019
Over 350 participants attended the 3rd International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence, which took place October 2-4 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Resource
July 23, 2019
Botswana has among the highest level of HIV viral suppression globally, yet HIV incidence remains > 1% per year in adults aged 15 to 49. Although causes of this continued elevated incidence have been postulated, a firm understanding remains elusive, especially in the presence of a highly succe
Resource
July 23, 2019
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a region associated with both high rates of population mobility – mostly associated with movement within and across national borders to access improved livelihood opportunities – and a high prevalence of communicable diseases, notably HIV and t
Blog
June 24, 2019
Reflecting on this year’s South African AIDS Conference, the SHARE team identified six key messages.
Resource
June 21, 2019
As South Africa seeks to implement national policies on school-based health education and services it is important that the evidence and experiences of existing school health programs be accessible to service providers and role-players. It is for this reason that Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has developed this School Health Program “toolkit”, detailing the approach followed in partnership with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health in developing the MSF School Health Program in King Cetshwayo District in KwaZulu-Natal Province.
Resource
June 11, 2019
With only a year until 2020 – and the deadline to reach the 90-90-90 targets – South Africa is dangerously off track. Currently 7.1 million people are living with HIV in the country.
News
June 11, 2019
Today’s judgement by the Gaborone High Court to decriminalize consensual same sex relations is a victory in the battle for equality and freedom to love whoever you choose, Amnesty International said as it called on other African countries to follow Botswana’s inspiring example.
Resource
April 12, 2019
Since June 2016, the national HIV programme in Malawi has adopted Universal Test and Treat (UTT) guidelines requiring that all persons who test HIV positive will be referred to start antiretroviral therapy (ART). Although there is strong evidence from clinical trials that early initiation of ART leads to reduced morbidity and mortality, the impact of UTT on retention on ART in real-life programmatic settings in Africa is not yet known.
Resource
April 12, 2019
There has been a proliferation of organizations in Zambia touting the mobilization of traditional games as a tool to prevent HIV. However, there is a dearth of evidence on how culturally important activities like traditional games are being incorporated into programing.
