Jo’burg plans Aids help for migrants

y are currently conducting in several Johannesburg areas where most Zimbabweans were based.
“The survey will help us formulate a culturally, socially and economically effective intervention that may have the potential to save lives from HIV,” said a statement from the organisations involved.
“Based on the preliminary findings of an ongoing survey in Hillbrow, Yeoville, Berea and CBD with four migrant nationalities (Zimbabwe being one), we have evidence that the conditions of the migration process and the difficult circumstances faced by migrants in Johannesburg are making them vulnerable and at risk to HIV. While the full results of the survey are not yet available, we anticipate the need for an HIV risk-prevention intervention that will be useful to the community and tailored to their needs.”.
Dr Katherine Fritz, from the internationally renowned Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is assisting in the initiative. Having worked for many years in Zimbabwe, she said she was keen to assist the Zimbabwean diaspora in Johannesburg. – CAJ News