Umunyana Rugege

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Biénne Huisman |Umunyana Rugege |Tiyese Jeranji |Chris Bateman

South Africa’s HIV testing programme has been a huge success over the last decade, largely due to the use of rapid tests. (File photo: Unicef) News & Features6th March 2025 | Ufrieda Ho Amid major disruptions caused by aid cuts from the United States government, the health department aims to enrol a record number – an additional 1.1 million – of people living with HIV on life-saving antiretroviral medicine this year.

Oct 16, 2024 | unaids.org | Éamonn Murphy |Umunyana Rugege |Niti Haetanurak |UNAIDS Head

Feature story 16 October 202416 October 2024In 2020, a gay Thai man living with HIV sparked controversy with a Facebook post. In 2020, a gay Thai man living with HIV sparked controversy with a Facebook post. He was on antiretroviral therapy and had gotten lab tests to check the level of virus in his blood. Since his viral load was undetectable, he wrote, he was going to stop using condoms. The public responded with a mix of contempt and disbelief.