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Huge drop in HIV infections

21 June 2010

New HIV infections in South Africa dropped by 35% between 2002 and 2008, a study reveals.

These results – obtained from analysing three national HIV household surveys conducted in South Africa in 2002, 2005 and 2008 – confirm the initial findings of the 2008 survey: SA National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communications Survey: A Turning Tide Among Teenagers?

They provide the first scientific proof that HIV prevention campaigns in South Africa, promoting condom use and HIV testing, are making a dent in the high rate of new infections.

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