S. Africa’s HIV Infections Fall to 5.4 Million

The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has dropped slightly to 5.38 million, and the number of AIDS deaths is finally starting to fall, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said Thursday. South Africa has more HIV infections than any country in the world, previously estimated at 5.6 million by the United Nations in its global report on HIV in 2009, released late last year. “South Africa has invested a large amount of resources into its HIV response,” Motlanthe said in a written reply to a question from parliament, where lawmakers had asked for an update on the success of the anti-AIDS fight.

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