South Africa: HIV Counseling and Testing figures increase by more than 500%
On the occasion to mark the World AIDS Day (December 1, 2010), the Deputy President Mr Kgalema Motlanthe and Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi in their address to the nation in Mpumalanga Province commended South Africans who have heeded the “Presidential Call for Action” to stop the transmission of new infections by taking the simple step of taking a blood test to check for the presence of HIV infection in their bodies.
The Deputy President also revealed the much-awaited outcome of the campaign to get South Africans to test in order to gain knowledge about their HIV status - the knowledge that will profoundly make a difference in the prevention of new infections.