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diseases
implemented
million South Africans
know their HIV status.
The recent Human
Sciences Research
Council (HSRC) 2012
survey revealed that
over 2 million people
were on antiretroviral
(ARV) treatment by
mid-2012. This
dramatic increase of
ARV treatment
coverage in the
country has had a
major impact on the
survival of people
living with HIV, which
was more prominent
in the older age
groups.
There has been an
increase in the
number of ARV sites
from 490 in February
2010 to 3000 in April
2012. There has also
been an increase in
the number of nurses
certified to initiate
ARV treatment from
250 in February 2010
to 10 000 in April 2012
Government
conducted 320 000
medical male
circumcisions, as an
effective mechanism
of limiting the spread
of HIV by men. There
are efforts to reduce
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prioritizes, amongst
others, HIV&AIDS. In
operationalising the
Plan, the Minister of
Health also signed
the Negotiated
Service Delivery
Agreement (NSDA)
2010- 2014 with
various Ministers in
Cabinet and with all
the 9 Members of
Executive Councils
(MECs) for health in
the nine provinces
to ensure that the
health sector can
implement the
NSDA.