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Revived AIDS council to bring relief in KZN province

    JOHANNESBURG

    The government of South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province has announced plans to resuscitate the Provincial AIDS Council.

    After being inactive for some time, the council could add impetus to the battle against HIV/AIDS in the area, which has an estimated HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 33 percent - much higher than the national rate of 25 percent.

    BuaNews, the government news agency, quoted provincial health MEC Peggy Nkonyeni, as saying, "It is good that the [KwaZulu-Natal] premier, Sbu Ndebele, has decided to commit himself and his administration to intensifying the fight against the pandemic."

    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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