A brief history of South Africa's response to Aids

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dc.contributor.authorSimelela, N.P.
dc.contributor.authorVenter, W.D.F.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-29T14:34:12Z
dc.date.available2015-05-29T14:34:12Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentFamily Medicine
dc.descriptionPKen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe story of the AIDS response in South Africa over the past 4 years is one of great progress after almost a decade of complex and tragic denialism that united the world and civil society in a way not seen since the opposition to apartheid. Today the country can boast >2 million people on antiretroviral therapy, far and away the largest number in the world. Prevention efforts appear to be yielding results. The estimated number of annual new HIV infections declined by 79 000 between 2011 and 2012. New HIV infections among adults aged 15 - 49 years are projected to decline by 48% by 2016, from 414 000 (2010) to ~215 000 (2016). The national incidence rate has reached its lowest level since the disease was first declared an epidemic in 1992, translating into reductions in both infant and under-5 mortality and an increase in life expectancy from 56 to 60 years over the period 2009 - 2011 alone. This is largely thanks to a civil society movement that was prepared to pose a rights-based challenge to a governing party in denial, and to brave health officials, politicians and clinicians working in a hostile system to bring about change.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSimelela, N.P., Venter, W.D.F. 2014. A brief history of South Africa's response to Aids. SAMJ;104(3 Suppl 1):249-251en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/17921
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectAIDSen_ZA
dc.subjectHistory, South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleA brief history of South Africa's response to Aidsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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