BULAWAYO – The City of Bulawayo is strengthening HIV prevention programmes after Magwegwe and Pumula were identified as emerging HIV hotspots, with councillors warning that rising drug and substance abuse could fuel new infections if left unchecked. The concerns emerged during deliberations on the council's Health Promotion Unit, where councillors discussed the latest findings from the National AIDS Council (NAC) and called for intensified interventions in the two high-densit

Global – A major new study presented at ESCMID Global 2026 has found that antiretroviral therapy (ART) can significantly reverse accelerated biological ageing in people living with HIV, offering new hope for improved long-term health outcomes. Researchers reported that effective ART reduced biological ageing by an average of 3.7 years, a breakthrough that could reshape how clinicians monitor HIV treatment and patient wellbeing.