By Khanyisa Tabata
11 November 2009
In a bid to raise awareness around HIV and AIDS, the Health Department plans to encourage South African leaders in various fields to undergo HIV tests in the hope that others will lead by example.
Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi will approach sports, business, entertainment and religious leaders to undergo testing; adding that both the President and the Cabinet had agreed that having a strategy of leading by example was the best way forward.
He believed it was possible to reverse the rate of infections and highlighted the case of the Western Cape which had seen a reduction in the number of early childhood deaths after introducing dual therapy in 2003.
11 November 2009
In a bid to raise awareness around HIV and AIDS, the Health Department plans to encourage South African leaders in various fields to undergo HIV tests in the hope that others will lead by example.
Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi will approach sports, business, entertainment and religious leaders to undergo testing; adding that both the President and the Cabinet had agreed that having a strategy of leading by example was the best way forward.
He believed it was possible to reverse the rate of infections and highlighted the case of the Western Cape which had seen a reduction in the number of early childhood deaths after introducing dual therapy in 2003.
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