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There has been a vast decline in mortality among people with HIV who get on antiretroviral treatment – but who are we leaving behind?

The country with the third largest HIV epidemic moves to a test-and-treat strategy that aims to get everyone on antiretroviral therapy.

Women’s views on voluntary male medical circumcision form an important part of the delivery and mass roll-out of this HIV prevention strategy.

A number of southern African countries are making good progress towards the 90-90-90 Fast-Track Targets, but efforts to reach younger populations need to be redoubled.

This World AIDS Day we've chosen ten pivotal events from the history of the HIV epidemic you should know about.

The game-changing drug, Truvada – the only drug approved for PrEP – will be offered to groups considered at risk of HIV.

We count down the top five things that everybody should know about HIV - from AIDS, to testing, to symptoms, to treatment.

Viral load testing could become more accessible to millions of people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa thanks to a new USB testing stick.

Concerns have been raised about the shortage of antiretroviral drugs available for people living with HIV in Venezuela, which is in the midst of a mounting health crisis.

Despite a willingness of men to undergo voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention benefits in sub-Saharan Africa, uptake is low with just 56% of the 20.8 million circumcisions by 2016 target met.

Women in Nigeria face cycles of stigma and poverty that severely limit their access to HIV services, including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission services.

Sex workers in Burundi have more negotiating power to demand safer sex, thanks to efforts to help them find new ways of earning an income.

The world’s largest drug consumption facility has opened in Copenhagen, Denmark, giving people who use drugs a safe place to use illicit substances in a way that will limit harm to themselves, and to those around them.

Although more Ugandan men are seeking medical circumcision, the government is falling short of its 80 per cent target. This has led some health experts to ask if Uganda should adopt a new strategy to encourage more men to come forward.

Sitting in her small flat that she once shared with friends in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, Hope* (27), a sex worker chronicles life from her first diagnosis with tuberculosis (TB) and later HIV.

A new HIV plan, hailed as 'unique' and 'progressive' has been launched in South Africa that aims to reduce the burden of HIV among sex workers in the country.