Human Sciences Research Council calls for efforts to intensify in the fight against new HIV infections

First Take SA

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has unveiled the key findings of the Sixth South African HIV Prevalence, Incidence, and Behaviour Survey for the Eastern Cape province. The survey results revealed Between 2017 and 2022, HIV prevalence in the Eastern Cape stabilized, decreasing slightly from 15.9% to 13.7%. This equates to around 980,000 people living with HIV in the province in 2022, down from 1 million in 2017. Elvis Presslin spoke to Adlai Davids, Senior Research Manager in the Public Health, Societies and Belonging (PHSB) research division of the Human Sciences Research Council , one of the principal investigators of the study.