South African HIV/AIDS and related statistics
15 Januarie 2008 
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South African HIV/AIDS and related statistics.
‘By age 19, 35% of all teenage girls in South Africa have been pregnant or have had a child.’
Department of Health 1998
Adolescent Health
’1 in three South African babies are born to mothers under 19 years of age.’
South African Demographic Health Survey
‘As many as 1 million children in Africa have lost at least one teacher to HIV/AIDS.’
UNAIDS Gauteng 29 Aug 2002
Executive director Peter Piot
‘Kwa-Zulu Natal will face nearly 500 000 orphans by the year 2010.’
KZN health Economics – Karen Michael 1998
‘Being ‘orphaned’ starts before a parent dies and continues after a child turns 15. There are still needs to be met.’
AIDS The Challenge for South Africa
Alan Whiteside and Clem Sunter 2000
‘There is estimated to be 800 000 orphans by the year 2005. And an estimated 2 million orphans by the year 2010.’
AIDS The Challenge for South Africa
Alan Whiteside and Clem Sunter 2000
’45 449 babies were aborted in South Africa in 2001.’
Department of Health 26 Feb 2002
Health Minister Manto Shabalala-Msimang
’660 000 children in South Africa have been orphaned due to AIDS.’
UNAIDS 2002 and World Health Organisation
‘Nearly 1 million SA children under the age of 15 will have lost their mothers to AIDS by 2005.’
AIDS The Challenge for South Africa
Alan Whiteside and Clem Sunter 2000
’90.4 % of young people aged 15-24 say they need more information about protecting themselves from sexual abuse.’
Nelson Mandela/HSRC study of HIV/AIDS
Household Survey 2002
‘As little as 46% of people aged 15-24 said that they would consider going for an AIDS test if they did not know their status. And only 35.9% of the age group 25-49 said they would get tested.’
Nelson Mandela/HSRC study of HIV/AIDS
Household Survey 2002
‘Only 51.6% of sexually active adolescents aged 15-24 used a condom on the last incidence of intercourse. And only 24.2% of those aged 24-49 used a condom on the last episode of intercourse.’
Nelson Mandela/HSRC study of HIV/AIDS
Household Survey 2002
‘Someone dies every ten seconds from AIDS. And in that same ten seconds there are two new infections.’
Franklin Graham. President, Samaritans Purse. Presenter for Prescription for Hope, International Christian Conference on HIV/AIDS; Washington D.C., February 17-18, 2002
’50% of all new HIV infections in South Africa are teenagers.’
Prescription for Hope, The Christian Response to HIV/AIDS, Training and Ministry Manual. Samaritans Purse; Boone, N.C. Page 6.
’3.2 million children under the age of 15 are estimated to be living with HIV around the world. 2.8 million of them in Sub-Saharan Africa.’
UNAIDS 2002 and World Health Organisation
‘The number of infected people in South Africa will more than double in the next 10 years.’
Abt Associates South Africa, Inc. The Impending Catastrophe: A resource book on the emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa.2000
’60 % of adults were infected before the age of 25.’
Abt Associates South Africa, Inc. The Impending Catastrophe: A resource book on the emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa.2000
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