Nawa oo

I'm still waiting for the South Africans on NL to come & defend this if its otherwise!

What is there to deffend.

I mean al least we know our problem. When is the last time you have had a AIDS test.

About one in ten South Africans are HIV positive

28 percent of schoolgirls in the country were HIV positive

These numbers are scary to say the least.

andrewza, I was just thinking this may want to degenerate with counter-claims as we had it in the other thrend abt military might.
Seriously, I may have not had my test yet but I know I "play save".

Orpelin: andrewza, I was just thinking this may want to degenerate with counter-claims as we had it in the other thrend abt military might.
Seriously, I may have not had my test yet but I know I "play save".

Sex is the most common way but not the only way. And to many nigerians do not play safe or get tested.

By the way I have been tested 5 times. I know I am safe.




Why down play it. This is a real problem and a big one at that. But a problem we know about.

^I love that.
By "Play Save", I meant the ABC approach to the issue. Cos their are so many enlightenment programmes here which I was directly involved.
A- Abstinence
B- Be Faithful (& Careful)
C- Condomise (using condom 4 those that must Do!)
I need not to broadcast it that I practised the first 2 approached with high level of commitment & self determination.
I equally preach it to ppl & extended the 3rd approach to those that are in dear need!
However,I need to step up to the test level soonest.

Orpelin: ^I love that.
By "Play Save", I meant the ABC approach to the issue. Cos their are so many enlightenment programmes here which I was directly involved.
A- Abstinence
B- Be Faithful (& Careful)
C- Condomise (using condom 4 those that must Do!)
I need not to broadcast it that I practised the first 2 approached with high level of commitment & self determination.
I equally preach it to ppl & extended the 3rd approach to those that are in dear need!
However,I need to step up to the test level soonest.

Has I said sex is not the only way. Just the most common.

1 in 10 are HIV positive?!
i don't know oo.

as for the sugar daddies thing,
that's a universal problem. vanity is a cancer..
but add poverty and the desperate need to escape it
and you've got serious problems. smh

God bless south africa still.
Beautiful country. Beautiful people.

Wow. So it's not only HIV epidemic tehy are facing in South Africa, they also have plenty of pedophilles there?
Or are all these school girls that are sleeping with the sugar daddies above 16?

smh.

MsDarkSkin: smh.

Why are you shaking your head?

Orpelin: I'm still waiting for the South Africans on NL to come & defend this if its otherwise!

well here i am. It's total bs!!!!
follow the link below.

Media get it wrong on SA
schoolgirls' HIV statistics
An inaccurate figure that 28% of
all schoolgirls in SA were infected
with HIV has been reported as
fact by a multitude of news
agencies.
hppt/www.mg.co.za/index.php?view=article&urlid=2013-03-22-media-reports-that-third-of-schoolgirls-have-hiv-is-incorrect&views=1&mobi=true&KEY=49te1lmo9url93q88mubusgp06

According to Minister of Health
Aaron Motsoeldi there are no
statistics available on national
figures of HIV prevelance
among young girls.
Last week the Mail &
Guardian used a South African
Press Association (Sapa) article
on its site incorrectly stating that
28% of South Africa's schoolgirls
were infected by HIV, compared
with 4% of schoolboys.
But the fact-checking
organisation, Africa Check,
reported that Motsoaledi's speech
at a "taking Parliament to the
people event" in Carolina in
Mpumalanga was misinterpreted
by a Sowetan journalist and was
then re-reported by other news
companies and agencies.
Motsoaledi said on Friday the
statistics that were incorrectly
quoted were on an HIV testing
and counselling campaign, which
actually found a small number of
schools in the Natal Midlands
were particularly hard-hit by
HIV. Of the group of children
tested there, 28% of girls were
infected by the disease compared
to 4% of boys.
"That journalist did not go and
verify the statistics,"
said Motsoaledi. "If you hear [a
figure] that drastic, verify it
before running to print."
Agencies such as the
UK's Independent, Al Jazeera, and
China's Xinhua also ran stories
reporting that "a third of South
Africa's schoolgirls have HIV".
The figure gained momentum
through social media sites
Facebook and Twitter and
became a hot topic on Redi
Tlhabi's show on 702 Talk Radio.
So what is the real statistic?
The department of health's
National Antenatal Sentinel HIV
& Syphilis Prevalence Survey
reported that HIV prevalence
among young women aged
between 15 and 19 was at around
12.7% in 2011, a decrease in the
previous year's figure of 14%.
But this figure reported on only
those girls who visited clinics to
be documented.
Since HIV testing has not been
performed on school children on
a national level, it is difficult to
say what the real prevalence of
HIV is among this demographic.
Barbarah Klugman of the Wits
School for Public Health said the
reason there were no official
statistics was because
undertaking a survey on a
national level would be an
extraordinarily expensive feat.
Moreover, although figures were
important and should not be
misreported on, knowing what
the real figure was would not
change the fact that South Africa
has a massive HIV problem and
the implications of the disease for
the country was huge,
said Klugman.