South Africa's HIV/AIDS programme has come a long way from the dark days of denialism and deadly treatment delays. Francois Venter, chairman of the country's bi-annual HIV conference, SA AIDS 2011, gave IRIN/PlusNews five reasons to be happy about the country's progress:
The five reasons Venter quoted to be happy about south Africa's progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS were:
1. Testing 2. Antiretroviral prices 3. Treatment 4. Tuberculosis 5. The re-engineering of the primary healthcare system. Read on.
