Programme officer at the embassy: Ria Schoeman
All activities in development cooperation between Sweden and South Africa address the problems and challenges linked to HIV and AIDS. Sweden also supports organisations working to prevent and mitigate the effects of HIV and AIDS and domestic violence - two areas that are often interrelated.
Swedish support in the area of HIV and AIDS amounts to approximately 40 million Swedish kronor per year.
Examples of HIV and AIDS organisations that get Swedish support are the Treatment Action Campaign, the AIDS Consortium, Engender Health - which actively involves men in the fight against HIV and AIDS -, the AIDS Law Project, the AIDS Legal Network and Zivikele Training.> Read more about Engender Health's Men As Partners programme.
Sweden also co-funds the initiative "Trucking Against AIDS", which provides education, care and support to truck drivers, a group highly at risk of being infected with HIV. > Read more about the Trucking Against AIDS initiative.
In addition, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is co-funding an HIV and AIDS workplace programme in southern Africa, SWHAP. Thirteen Swedish-related companies in South Africa are currently involved. > Read more about the Swedish HIV and AIDS Workplace Programme.> Read more about the work of Zivikele Training.
Strategic planSweden's cooperation with South Africa in the area of HIV and AIDS is outlined in a strategic plan, which you can download from the column to the right.