On Tuesday, the 28th of November 2023, The Star newspaper ran a front-page story with a headline that read: “Black women don’t want condoms”. The headline was accompanied by an attempt at analysing the recently published 6th South Africa n National HIV Prevalence , Incidence and Behaviour Survey (SABSSM IV) report compiled by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and its partners.
The report assesses the progress that has been made in eradicating HIV in South Africa, which has the world’s biggest HIV/AIDS epidemic. According to the study, while there have been some progressive developments in the country’s fight against the disease, which a few decades ago was decimating communities at an alarming rate, there are some areas of concern, specifically in relation to the gendered nature of the prevalence of infections. The SABSSM IV, which was conducted between 2022 and 2023, found that there is a higher prevalence of HIV infection among Black women than men. Furthermore, the prevalence is two-fold among women aged 15-19 and 20-24
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