HSRC fieldwork starts for largest HIV survey to date

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2022
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Oosthuizen
KEYWORDS: HIV/AIDS, SABSSM RESEARCH PROJECT
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-march-2022/hsrc-largest-hiv-survey-to-date
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9812340
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/19364
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19364

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Abstract

Twenty years ago, at the height of HIV and Aids denialism in South Africa, former President Nelson Mandela, through the Nelson Mandela Foundation, helped launch the first HSRC study to estimate HIV prevalence in the country. Those years were marked by controversy, but the HSRC's researchers were steadfast, urging South Africa to follow the science.