A new Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) study has found that more than 70,000 young people in Gauteng living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are not receiving any treatment.
This comes after the HSRC unveiled the key provincial findings of the Sixth South African National HIV, Prevalence, Incidence, and Behaviour Survey (SABSSM VI) for Gauteng.
The provincial results announcement took place at the Hotel Parktonian in Braamfontein, on August 29.
Professor Khangalani Zuma from the HSRC, said the prevalence of HIV in the province remained statistically unchanged, as people who were not HIV-negative in 2017 were found to be positive in 2022.
Zuma said the HIV prevalence went down to 11.9% in 2022 from 12.1% in 2017.
