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Total population: 49 Million |
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Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 52.0 |
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Gross national income per capita (PPP international $): 9,812.10 |
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Number of people living with HIV: 5,600,000 |
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Adults aged 15 to 49 prevalence rate: 17.8 % |
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Adults aged 15 and up living with HIV: 5,300,000 |
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Women aged 15 and up living with HIV: 3, 300,000 |
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Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV: 330,000 |
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Deaths due to AIDS: 310,000 |
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Orphans due to AIDS aged 0 to 17: 1,900,000 |
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The main means of transmission are heterosexual contact between couples, and mother-to-child transmission. |
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Violence against women, including sexual violence is very widespread in South Africa. In a large survey, more than four out of every ten South African men reported to have been physically violent to an intimate partner. |
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The National Strategic Plan (NSP), which is a plan of action involving various sectors, has called for the treatment, care, and support of 80 % of HIV positive people by the year 2011. |
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South Africa is one of the several African countries that have implemented innovative ideas in the AIDS response. South Africa’s idea comes in the form of Project Masiluleke, which uses mobile technology to encourage South Africans to get tested and treated for HIV. In this project, text messages are written in local languages and are used to direct users to the National AIDS Helpline. |
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South Africa is home to the world’s largest population of people living with HIV, which was at 5.7 million in 2007. |
