SA needs to do more to close its HIV/Aids treatment gap, says US global Aids envoy
About 94% of people living with HIV in SA know their status but too few receive treatment
28 February 2023 - 19:19
SA has done a “remarkable job” in expanding HIV/Aids testing, but needs to do more to ensure people diagnosed with the virus receive the treatment they need, US global Aids co-ordinator John Nkengasong said on Tuesday.
SA has the world’s worst HIV/Aids epidemic with an estimated 8-million people living with the disease. Yet only about 5.5-million are on treatment, according to Treasury documents published last week...
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