South Africa has done a lot to respond to the devastating impact of the HIV epidemic. Since 2010, the annual number of HIV infections has decreased by over 50%, from 400,000 to 190,000 in 2022. Also, the annual number of HIV-related deaths decreased by over 65% from about 160,000 in 2010

In epidemiology, we define prevalence as the proportion of a population with a specific condition at a particular time. It is often expressed as a percentage. For example, if a community has a population of 100 people and 10 of them are living with HIV in 2022, we would say […]

Women in Research CESAR is celebrating women in research for Women’s Month. Our first feature is dedicated to Meghan Malaatjie, who is currently completing her MSc in Epidemiology in the field of Public Health Informatics.MEGHAN MALAATJIE“It’s a celebration of previous generations of beautiful women who sacrificed and laid a strong foundation.”How long have you worked […]

Women in Research Our second feature is dedicated to Rosaline Pineteh, a Researcher at CESAR. Rosaline holds an MSc degree in Public Health from Bournemouth University in the UK. In the past four years, she has been involved in implementing several research projects such as digitisation of M&E data systems, electronic tool development, data collection […]