💉🩸Shocking rise in HIV infection rate hits KZN youth. HIV AIDS TheCitizenNews Read the story⬇️
Singers perform during the opening day of the 11th SA Aids Conference at the Durban International Conference Centre yesterday. This year's theme of the three-day conference is "Act, Connect and End the Epidemic". PHOTO: GCIS
The four-day conference, which closes on Friday, saw delegates representing NGOs, the government and research institutions converging at the Inkosi Chief Albert Luthuli Durban ICC.The South African National Aids Council Civil Society Forum, which believes that society at large should play a role in the combatting of HIV, said those between the ages of 15 and 24 formed the bulk of the 1 300 young people being infected by HIV on a weekly-basis in KZN.
Members of the forum were amongst those from other NGOs, who embarked on a march from the nearby Gugu Dlamini Park to the conference venue, to highlight the plight of those infected by the HIV virus.The Gugu Dlamini Park, outside the Durban Workshop shopping centre, represents a milestone in the fight for the protection of the rights of people living with HIV.
In its statement issued on Tuesday, the Presidency said the gathering will assist in collating the views of South Africans around the government’s response to HIV/Aids.
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