Lessons of HIV/AIDS Key to Halting COVID-19 - South African Red Cross

Publication language
English
Pages
1pp
Date published
07 Aug 2020
Type
Websites
Keywords
COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Health, Learning and evaluation of similar crises, System-wide performance
Countries
South Africa
Organisations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Link
https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/press-release/south-africa-lessons-hiv-aids-key-halting-covid-19-slide-says-red-cross/

A news item discussing comments from senior Red Cross officials in South Africa regarding the need to learn lessons from the country’s fight against HIV/AIDS to help curb the rise in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19, as the number crossed the half a million mark on 1 August 2020.