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Gauteng confident about AIDS treatment goal

    JOHANNESBURG

    The health department of South Africa's Gauteng province is confident about meeting its target of treating 10,000 HIV positive people by March next year.

    Provincial Health Minister Gwen Ramokgopa said more than 5,000 people had been receiving treatment since the government rolled out its antiretroviral programme in April.

    BuaNews, the government news agency, quoted Ramokgopa as saying: "When the programme started, the provincial government announced it aimed to provide treatment from 23 facilities, and to treat 10,000 people by March 2005 ... we have now reached the halfway mark, with treatment being available at 12 facilities, and 5,055 people are on treatment."

    The minister pointed out that people not yet receiving antiretrovirals were being assessed, counselled and provided with ongoing support, as well as treatment for opportunistic infections.

    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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