In this 'Health Beat' episode, Mia Malan asks the health department if it will buy anti-HIV medications for state patients and talks to an expert about how well they work.
The $5bn (about R92bn) needed every year for the next four years for TB vaccine research is the only way to give future generations a shot at ending the disease, experts at the World Conference on Lung Health in Paris said on Thursday.
The health department says ViiV Healthcare’s newly announced non-profit price between R540 and R570 per shot for a two-monthly anti-HIV jab is more than four times what it can afford to pay.