"Despite significant progress in addressing HIV-related discrimination, many affected individuals still encounter violations of their rights in healthcare, employment, and social settings," NHRC chief ...

A 2023 report by Lancet suggest that only 17% of the population in the continent have access to health insurance, with less than 1% of the populations covered in some countries, such as Niger.

At a rural village in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, unemployed 19-year-old Nozuko Majola is trying to figure out if ...

The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) ...

Since its inception in 2018, the Africa Business Forum has promoted dialogue between governments, investors, service providers, project promotors and other stakeholders on challenges, opportunities, ...

HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body's immune system and makes ...

Anne Neilan, MD, MPH, an associate professor of Pediatrics and physician investigator in the Medical Practice Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, is corresponding author of a new ...

With treatment, people living with HIV can have long and healthy lives. However, if left untreated, it can cause a weakened immune system or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Some people may ...

Malaria vaccination and HIV treatment are among numerous health programmes at risk in Uganda as the country's science research centres suffer the impact of a US freeze on overseas aid.