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“Their courage is shining through to be the face of [HIV], and standing very firmly in saying ‘Recognise me for my humanity as opposed to my disease’.”

09 Nov 2017

3 min read

When they were diagnosed, HIV/AIDS was seen as a death sentence: the Grim Reaper. But medical science eventually found ways to hold AIDS back. Long-term survivors, some now feeling a survivor’s guilt, recall preparing to die – and remember the many who did.

A documentary from Vice and HBO looks at the progress being made in the fight against the deadly disease.

04 Dec 2017

3 min read

As we mark yet another World AIDS Day without a cure or a vaccine, Hugh Ryan proposes a thought experiment based on a radical proposition: We can end AIDS without a cure for AIDS.

30 Nov 2013

7 min read

Before 1997 there was a huge stigma attached to HIV/AIDS in Iran. Policy-makers said it was only concentrated in people with blood transfusions, HIV was a western disease and Iran was a Muslim country, that “we don’t have those issues”.

06 Dec 2013

9 min read

Professor Sharon Lewin, director of Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne said " It is unlikely to cure HIV by 2030 but it is feasible to treat HIV positive people and prevent HIV transmition".

10 May 2020

A cheap, simple test for TB among HIV/AIDS patients could save thousands of lives in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers have found.

10 Mar 2016

3 min read

A groundbreaking discovery from Melbourne's Burnet Institute may help protect women vulnerable to contracting the HIV virus.

23 May 2017

3 min read

The Duke of Sussex will spend two days in the Netherlands and will attend an international AIDS conference.

23 Jul 2018

2 min read

South Africa has the world's largest population of people living with HIV, at 6.8 million, and the US has pledged $A541.5 million to help the nation.

11 Jul 2016

2 min read