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Port Elizabeth \u2013 President Jacob Zuma has launched the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV and Aids 2012 \u2013 2016, which promises to do much more to tackle TB and issues of violence against women.<\/p>\n
The NSP proposes to deal with HIV, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis by adopting a holistic approach which includes preventative and therapeutic measures.<\/p>\n
It brings together five succinct goals and four aims, whose combined purpose is to quash new HIV infections.<\/p>\n
The five goals are:<\/strong><\/p>\n The NSP is further strengthened by its four goals, which are:<\/strong><\/p>\n Launching the plan at the Wolfson Stadium in KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth, Zuma said the country had also adopted the \u2018three zeros\u2019 agreed to at the United Nations high level meeting in New York this June as a vision for the next 20 years.<\/p>\n \u201cIn addition, we added as a country, a fourth zero, which aims to eliminate HIV transmission from mother to child.<\/p>\n \u201cThe four zeros are \u2018zero new HIV and TB infection; zero new infections due to mother to child transmission; zero preventable deaths associated with HIV and TB, and zero discrimination associated with HIV and TB,\u201d Zuma explained.<\/p>\n The President was pleased that the issue of violence against women was reflected in the new NSP.<\/p>\n Recent research in South Africa showed that the country could prevent HIV infections in young women if they were not subjected to violence or intimidation by their partners.<\/p>\n \u201cGovernment is prioritising the fight against the abuse of women and children through law enforcement as well as education and awareness.<\/p>\n \u201cWe must also enhance our socio-economic interventions to deal with poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and inequality\u2026 these either contribute to the spread of HIV or worsen impact of the epidemic,\u201d said Zuma.<\/p>\n The new plan will be implemented next year in April.<\/p>\n Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet said for the strategy to work, everybody needed to get on board.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s ensure that these initiatives included in the NSP don\u2019t go to waste but take us forward\u2026 We hope that the information shared today will make a difference to the youth and assist us to achieve the triple zeros accordingly,\u201d said Kiviet.<\/p>\n Welcoming the launch of the new plan, Prudence Mabela, who has been living with HIV for 22 years, said everyone had to walk the talk when it came to implementing the plan.<\/p>\n She urged other infected people to take treatment and those who have not tested to go find out their status.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can trust the public hospitals, I\u2019m using them and they are helping\u2026 With the treatment you can live longer. I\u2019ve taken TB treatment for six months and it\u2019s effective, including the ARVs,\u201d said Mabela. \u2013 Gabi Khumalo, BuaNews<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Port Elizabeth \u2013 President Jacob Zuma has launched the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV and Aids 2012 \u2013 2016, which promises to do much more to tackle TB and issues of violence against women. The NSP proposes to deal with HIV, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis by adopting a holistic approach which includes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-5824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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