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Western Cape exceeds AIDS treatment target

    JOHANNESBURG

    South Africa's Western Cape province has exceeded its target of placing 3,000 HIV-positive people on antiretrovirals by the end of a 100-day deadline and 4,200 people are now receiving treatment.

    A local newspaper, The Cape Times, quoted provincial health minister Pierre Uys as saying, "Everything is in place for the programme to run smoothly. We are rolling out as fast as possible."

    The provincial health department aims to have between 6,000 and 7,000 people on treatment by April next year, but an estimated 50,000 people in the province are at the stage of infection that requires immediate anti-AIDS drug treatment.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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