President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
The South African government has started implementing the universal test and treatment programme, where every HIV positive person is put on treatment regardless of the CD4 cell count.
Joe Maila, Spokesperson of the Department of Health, said on Friday in Johannesburg that until Wednesday HIV-positive people with a CD4 cell count which are less than 500 were put on treatment.
He said that government believes the new measure would stop the transmission of HIV and also improve life expectancy in the country.
Maila said that the new initiative would lengthen the life expectancy to 70 by 2030, against the current life expectancy at 63.
“We have set ourselves a target as the government in line with our National Development Plan to increase life expectancy to 70 by 2030 from the current 63.
“This will also reduce the chances of HIV-positive people to…
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