New KZN HIV/AIDS stats show improvement
The prevalence of HIV in South Africa is highest in KwaZulu-Natal. A lot more still has to be done but there are improvements.
In a speech addressed by the KZN Health MEC - Dr Sbongiseni Dhlomo on the celebration of having one million patients on the Antiretroviral drugs programme, he talks about how the roll out of these lifesaving drugs has indeed
brought hope to many people who were just waiting for their demise as, at the beginning, HIV and AIDS was seen as a ‘death sentence’.
The speech was in commemoration of over a decade of sustaining and prolonging lives of more than a million citizens of our Province.
Here are some stats in which show how KZN is taking charge in the fight against the epidemic
The
MEC also added that this milestone represents a change and an inspiration as the province of KZN
moves towards ending AIDS by 2030.
Indeed our province is taking giant steps in fighting this disease and becoming an inspiring story to the country and the world at large.
Indeed our province is taking giant steps in fighting this disease and becoming an inspiring story to the country and the world at large.
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