Southern African HIV Clinicians Society (SAHCS)

Only 4 weeks to go! Join us at #SAHCS2025 in Cape Town, earn up to 24 CPD points, and be part of the conversations shaping #HIVcare in our region. Register today! sahcsconference.co.za/@SpotlightNSP @HealtheNews @Bhekisisa_MG @RHAPnews

📣Published in @TheLancetHIV today: a call for investment in #HIV cure research, by an international coalition of researchers, donors & people with HIV. "The scientific tools are within reach but remain in laboratories without adequate funding” Read more➡️bit.ly/4mcBpFR

The NDoH has updated the target groups who qualify for mpox vaccination. View the list of vaccination sites here bit.ly/44G5BTQ We encourage HCWs to offer the #mpox vaccine to all those meeting the updated criteria. @SpotlightNSP

#IAS2025: Find out more on what the U.S Senate vote to protect #PEPFAR funds means for the HIV response here: health-e.org.za/2025/07/17/u-s… via @inaskosana @iasociety @LindaGailBekker @JRatevosian

AHF was honored to exhibit alongside researchers and experts from around the world at #IAS2025 . This global collaboration inspires us to keep advancing research and making a meaningful impact together. @AIDSHealthcare @ahfafrica @iasociety

#IAS2025 48-week results from the IMPALA trial: a phase 3 study testing 2-monthly injectable cabotegravir + rilpivirine LA vs daily oral ART in people with sub-optimal HIV control in sub-Saharan Africa.

Asking the relevant questions is a central piece to any meaningful strategy @iasociety

#IAS2025 update: 96-week results from BREATHER Plus show weekend-off ART is inferior to continuous ART in adolescents on TLD in sub-Saharan Africa. Presented by Adeodata Kekitiinwa. More: lnkd.in/dmMns6M4 #HIVResearch #Adolescents #HIVTreatment

#IAS2025 update: New evidence on cervical cancer in women living with HIV (WLWH). Kathy Anastos & Gad Murenzi highlight the heightened burden & call for HPV vaccination as key prevention. See WHO’s global strategy: lnkd.in/dmhefEr2 #CervicalCancer #HPV #WLWH #HIVCare

Starting now ⤵️ Lessons from Lesotho's comprehensive Advanced HIV Disease program. Supported by CHAI and the Ministry of Health, the program used a hub-and-spoke model to expand national AHD services from 7% in 2021 to 100% coverage by 2024. 🎉 #IAS2025

💉 SA has accepted $29M from the Global Fund to buy a 2-times-a-year jab that could help end #Aids. But there’s a catch, our @miamalan reports: the money isn’t extra. #Lenacapavir #IAS2025 bhekisisa.org/health-news-so…

MUST READ | South Africa is staging a sequel to Mbeki-era denialism, only this time, the science, solutions, and costs are clearer, argues Professor @FrancoisVenter3. spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/07/16/fra…

Congratulations to the new recipients of the latest CIPHER Grants, announced at the #IAS2025 conference To all paediatric & adolescent #HIV researchers don’t miss your chance to make an impact. Keep an eye out for the next CIPHER grant cycle opening 1 September 2025 and apply!

Scientists say #lenacapavir could stop new #HIV infections completely in young women. Now SA has funding to start … but @healthza and activists say price secrecy is a problem. #PrEP #HealthJustice #IAS2025 bhekisisa.org/health-news-so…

#IAS2025 Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of intermittent antiretroviral therapy dosing: a crisis response to the sudden cuts in funding - Presented by Cassandra Fairhead. You can hear more on this at the upcoming SAHCS Conference sahcsconference.co.za

Please see the new WHO guidelines on #lenacapavir for #PrEP here sahivsoc.org/Files/97892401… as well as the recently published Southern African HIV Clinicians Society PrEP guidelines sahivsoc.org/Files/SAHCS%20…, which align with the WHO’s newly launched guidelines

#IAS2025 updates: Re-imagining prevention: Planning for sustainable PrEP access in a new funding context. The prevention landscape has the potential to be further transformed in the next three years. With innovation in products comes the need for innovation in service delivery

#IAS2025 updates: Re-imagining prevention: Planning for sustainable PrEP access in a new funding context. This graph is a sobering reminder of the potential disruptions caused by reduced access to #PrEP, as presented by Mitchell Warren @HIVpxresearch