Sobering Moments At Opening of SA Aids Conference SpotlightNSP: SouthAfrica
Letsike told delegates that the youngest was a 14-year-old and 25-year-old."We should be concerned. We should be angry," Letsike told delegates.
Later Tuesday evening, Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla in his keynote address reminded delegates that the clock is ticking for 2025 - the date set to reach the UNAIDS target of having 95 percent of all people living with HIV diagnosed, 95 percent of all people diagnosed with HIV on sustained ARV treatment, and 95 percent of all people receiving treatment to have viral suppression.
After the opening ceremony, Spotlight caught up with the Director-General of health, Dr Sandile Buthelezi, who said he will go and determine the exact circumstances around the people at the hospice Letsike referred to."But in this day and age - whether you are 15 or 50 years - no one should be dying of AIDS or getting to that end stage," he said."With ARVs, everyone should be alive. We will need to see what are the circumstances around that.
How to target youth and adolescents is among the key themes in several sessions throughout the three-day conference. For example, some sessions will explore PrEP uptake and barriers for adolescent girls and young women in Tshwane.
If we are talking about young girls, aged 14 to 24, who are being infected with HIV but continue talking about them without them being here, I think we are still missing the point. - Sibongile Tshabalala, TAC According to SA AIDS Conference chair, Dr Gloria Maimela, a Youth HIV track is being launched at this year's conference that"is run by youth, for youth who will set the tone and agenda on how we end the epidemic, for their sake". There will also be updates on what is new in paediatric and adolescent HIV with respect to long-acting injectables, among others.
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