SANAC WELCOMES POSITIVE OPINION ON DAPIVIRINE RING

SANAC WELCOMES POSITIVE OPINION ON DAPIVIRINE RING

PPRETORIA, 28 July 2020 – The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) welcomes the positive opinion on the dapivirine vaginal ring from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), an agency of the European Union in charge of the evaluation and supervision of medicinal...
South Africa Observes World TB Day 2020

South Africa Observes World TB Day 2020

PRETORIA, 24 March 2020 – Today marks World TB Day and South Africa joins the world in commemorating this significant day under the theme, ‘Cheka Impilo- It’s TIME to End TB’. World TB Day is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on yet another ongoing health challenge...
‘HIV treatment programme doing well but long way to go’

‘HIV treatment programme doing well but long way to go’

There are over four million people with HIV on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in South Africa. Over 90% are being treated in the government hospitals and clinics. It may be the largest chronic care programme in a public health system in the world. UNAIDS, the United...