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Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
#HIVToday: Western Cape launches U=U campaign

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[Katja Hamilton] Western Cape's U=U campaign launches in Mitchells Plain, with a mobile health hub offering HIV testing and healthcare services...

Posted 8 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
AFRICA
#HIVToday: Licensing of anti-HIV jab ignites hope for millions in Africa

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[Katja Hamilton] Within five years, adolescent girls and women across Africa could be empowered with long-acting anti-HIV injections, virtually eliminating their risk of HIV transmission through sex...

Posted 10 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
#HIVToday: Abbott's top scientist speaks to staying one step ahead of a constantly mutating virus

Source: Supplied. Mary Rodgers, a virus hunter and scientist at Abbott who works with the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition.
Source: Supplied. Mary Rodgers, a virus hunter and scientist at Abbott who works with the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition.
[Katja Hamilton] Mary Rodgers, a virus hunter at Abbott who works with the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, has a conversation about identifying new and emerging HIV viral threats to stop the next pandemic...

Posted 11 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
#HIVToday: SA prepares to roll out new HIV treatment plan for children

Source: Supplied. Juliet Houghton, the chief executive officer of the Southern African HIV Clinician’s Society.
Source: Supplied. Juliet Houghton, the chief executive officer of the Southern African HIV Clinician’s Society.
[Katja Hamilton] Children who are HIV positive will have access to a new treatment plan as of next month...

Posted 1 year ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
World joins SA in bidding emotional farewell to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

Source:  Lorenzo Jansen, who lost his sight when he had TB meningitis, touches Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s face in one of the paediatric wards at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town. Photo: Kim Cloete
Source: Daily Maverick Lorenzo Jansen, who lost his sight when he had TB meningitis, touches Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s face in one of the paediatric wards at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town. Photo: Kim Cloete
[Katja Hamilton] South Africa holds state funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a powerful voice in fight against HIV/Aids...

Posted 2 years ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Covid-19 threatens gains made in HIV/Aids fight

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[Katja Hamilton] Studies predict the impact of Covid-19 could reverse decades of progress in the fight against HIV/Aids...

Posted 2 years ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
What does HIV look like in South Africa?

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Image source: Getty/Gallo
[Nicci Botha] With 2020 just weeks away, how is South Africa faring in achieving the 90-90-90 target in working towards an HIV-free world?

Posted 4 years ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
#WorldAIDSDay2017: Preying on hope

Professor Kaymanthri Moodley, director, Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University. Photo: YouTube
Professor Kaymanthri Moodley, director, Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University. Photo: YouTube
[Nicci Botha] At the turn of the century, and influenced by his distrust of Western medicine, then-president Thabo Mbeki lost the plot. amid much media coverage, he proclaimed that HIV didn't cause Aids...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Jessica Tennant
SOUTH AFRICA
Nick Walker's master plan to cure HIV

Nick Walker
Nick Walker
[Jessica Tennant] Last year's SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge winner, Nick Walker, chats about his stem cell bank concept that could cure HIV...

Posted 7 years ago | Like (1)
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
Johns Hopkins performs first HIV+ liver transplant

Johns Hopkins performs first HIV+ liver transplant
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[Nicci Botha] The first positive-to-positive liver transplant has been performed successfully at Johns Hopkins...

Posted 8 years ago | Like (1)
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
SA HIV researcher wins top women in science award

Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim
Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim
[Nicci Botha] Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim is named as L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science recipient...

Posted 8 years ago | Like
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