The number of young girls infected weekly with HIV in South Africa had dropped, according to the Higher Education and Training HIV/AIDS Programme , but still remained unacceptably high.
HEAIDS is a government initiative that falls under the higher education and training department. It provides and supports HIV mitigation programmes to the country’s approximately two million students. One such programme that encouraged engagement through dialogue, workshops, debates and exhibitions was First Things First .
As many as 12 percent of university students experienced anything from moderate to severe symptoms of depression, according to research, while 15 percent reported moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety.