A quarter of new HIV infections in young women due to gender-based violence - Phaahla
An intensified focus on HIV prevention was a priority for the country to achieve the 2025 prevention coverage target of 95% and the target of fewer than 74 000 new infections by the same year.
“Though South Africa has a generalised HIV epidemic, it is characterised by distinct sub-epidemics. The national HIV prevalence is estimated at 53% among women sex workers, 25.7% among men who have sex with men, and programmatic data indicates HIV positivity as high as 49% among transgender populations. We continue to prioritise a precision prevention approach for key and priority populations.”South Africa has launched a three-year National Youth HIV Prevention campaign that will focus on the 9.
“The campaign seeks to reach all young people in their diversity to ensure that adolescent boys and young men, youth with disabilities and youth living with HIV are not left behind in the country’s response to HIV, TB and STIs. This youth-led HIV-prevention campaign aims to strengthen the integration of quality health and social services with youth development programmes that combat poverty and other inequalities.
He added the country was also developing the fifth generation national strategic plan for HIV, TB and STIs from 2023 to 2028.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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