Master of Public Health - MPH / Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence and new infections rate among young
people in Southern Africa is high despite various programmes implemented to address general
population prevention and treatment. The youth has a low HIV testing uptake even though
there seems to be high HIV prevalence among this age population group.
Youth focused interventions have proven to be a success in encouraging young people to have
an HIV test done as part of improved health-seeking behaviours. In South Africa, such an
intervention was initially implemented by LoveLife and later adopted in 2006 by the
government as Adolescent and Youth Friendly Services (AYFS) for a larger-scale
implementation in Primary Health Care facilities as a strategy to improve youth Sexual and
Reproductive Health.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/7642 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Geza, Gcobisa |
| Contributors | Lembani, Martina |
| Publisher | University of Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of Western Cape |
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