South Africa Aids Epidemic

South Africa Aids Epidemic Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Course Professor Date South Africa Aids Epidemic Recent reports showed that South Africa has the highest number of individuals affected with HIV across the world. For the past 15 years, surveys have been conducted, revealing an increase in the population of people with HIV. For instance, significant findings in 2012 showed an increase in HIV occurrence to 12.2% from 10.6% in 2008 (Zuma et al., 2019). Such high disease occurrence has been attributed to several socio-behavioral, biological, structural, and contextual drivers. Novel and strengthened interventions have been implemented for the past few years to address such influences and reduce morbidity and mortality among those living with HIV. However, the occurrence of the virus is still high irrespective of the substantial efforts through intercessions. This paper explores targeted approaches to address important needs in fighting the disease, highlighting improving testing and counseling services, education, and access to medication. Specific Objectives Efforts to fight the epidemic necessitate a precise objective to ensure efficiency in the interventions. Therefore, improving access and testing HIV and offering advanced counseling services is important to ensure effective support, early recognition, initiation of rapid treatment. Engaging in additional educational plan to improve illness awareness about prevention approaches and reducing stigma caused HIV/AIDS is significant to improve intervention. Research from the CDC classifies that reducing stigma can help encourage health and prevent HIV transmission (Beer et al., 2019). Furthermore, improving access to ART will be indispensable to ensure individuals tested positive for the virus get proper and comprehensive medical care. Such objectives suggest the implementation of a clear plan to address the multifaceted challenges resulting from the epidemic and lead the efforts towards justifiable resolutions. Proposed Interventions Research has displayed that new interventions had been previously employed to address HIV transmission and decrease the adverse effects on the population. For example, Zuma et al. (2019) projected that reliable and appropriate use of condoms has been associated with reduced risks of HIV infection. However, regardless of such efforts, the HIV/AIDS incidence in South Africa is still high. Therefore, targeted interventions, including the increase in testing and counseling services can help decrease the occurrences. Public health should create mobile units to reach remote parts, team up with community agencies for outreach efforts, and integrate testing into diverse settings, such as offices and colleges, to improve identification and treatment. Research provides that misinformation and early AIDS denialism in South African Governmen...