Authorities in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, are embarking on a massive door-to-door AIDS education campaign in an effort to curb the spread of the virus and promote safe sex.
The campaign kicks off on Monday as part of the build-up to the global commemoration of World AIDS Day on 1 December.
The education initiative, in which more than 2,700 trained volunteers will call on 135,000 homes, aims to demystify the stigma attached to HIV and AIDS, said provincial health and social development director Dr Thobeka Tanga.
BuaNews, the government news agency, quoted Tanga as saying: "Volunteers will be talking in a frank and open way about the manner in which HIV and AIDS is transmitted ... [they] will be issuing HIV and AIDS education material, condoms and also preaching the gospel of No condom no sex, and One condom one round."
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