Concern over increase in new HIV infections in eShowe

Concern over increase in new HIV infections in eShowe

Humanitarian group, Doctors Without Borders says it is worried about the number of new HIV infections among young women in eShowe in KwaZulu-Natal.  


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Girls and young women between 15 and 19 are seriously affected.

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The group's Liesbet Ohler says eShowe's meeting UNAIDS targets as 90 percent of those infected know their status, 94 percent are on treatment and 95 percent have since suppressed the viral load.

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