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| Founded | 1999 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
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| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Focus | HIV, AIDS, Youth |
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Area served | nationwide South Africa |
| Method | peer educators, education, media |
Key people |
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| Website | www.lovelife.org.za www.mymsta.mobi |
loveLife is a youth focused HIV prevention initiative in South Africa.
The overall aim of loveLife is to reduce the rate of new infections in young people, in order to reduce the overall prevalence of HIV in South Africa, which stands at 10.9% (2008)[1] of the population. (Additional sources: UNAIDS, HSRC, see also HIV/AIDS in South Africa) Considering that a high number of new infections are among 15- to 24-year-olds,[2]
While loveLife's national office is situated in Johannesburg, there are provincial offices in each of South Africa's nine province plus more than 20 regional offices nationwide. loveLife's 18 Y-centres are set up in areas of high HIV prevalence.
- ^ South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey, 2008: A Turning Tide Among Teenagers? Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ISBN 978-0-7969-2292-2, (page xvi)
- ^ A gauge of HIV prevention in South Africa 2009 Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 978-0-9584990-6-4, (p28-32)