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AIDS NGO targets rural youngsters

    JOHANNESBURG

    South African youth AIDS NGO, LoveLife, has launched a new initiative in the KwaZulu-Natal province.

    LoveLife's 'Body Y' programme will grant young people access to health information and services, including contraceptives, treatment for sexually transmitted infections and voluntary counselling and testing for HIV.

    During the recent launch of the project, Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge highlighted the important role the government and LoveLife had played in protecting the future of young people.

    BuaNews, the government news agency, quoted the minister as saying: "Therefore it is important for young people to take this initiative and be part of the programme, because they are the architects of the future."

    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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