JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The proportion of the total population in South Africa living with HIV had dropped from 14 percent in 2017 to 12.7 percent in 2022, a survey by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) showed on Monday.
The figure indicates that there were roughly 7.8 million HIV-positive people living in South Africa in 2022, compared to 7.9 million in 2017, according to the sixth South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behavior Survey released by the HSRC.
