by Women's Health | Feb 22, 2023 | Physical Health
Being diagnosed and living with HIV now is not what it looked like just ten to twenty years ago. What was once seen as a virus that would “destroy” your life can now safely be described as a manageable chronic condition (just like any other) that not one person ever...
by Women's Health | Jul 22, 2020 | Health
South Africa has the biggest HIV epidemic in the world, with close to 8 million people living with the disease. With South Africa having recorded over 373 628 cases of COVID-19 positive cases so far, it’s no surprise that there have been questions around how the virus...
by Women's Health | Jul 10, 2019 | Health
If there was one country that needed to hear good news about significant progress in developing a cure for HIV, it would be South Africa! We have the largest HIV epidemic in the world with an estimated 7.1 million people living with the virus. This accounts for almost...
by Women's Health | Dec 5, 2018 | Health
The HIV vaccine is currently being trialled in a programme called “Imbokodo” (meaning “rock” in Zulu) from the saying “You strike a woman, you strike a rock” and is backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The vaccine is...
by Women's Health | Jun 25, 2018 | Health
HIV is scary as sh*t—which means that its symptoms are equally terrifying…right? Not exactly. “Most people who get infected don’t even know. It’s only in hindsight they recognise the symptoms,” says Dr. Michael Horberg, director of HIV/AIDS for Kaiser...
