SABSSM VI


Press Release (January 2023)


SABSSM-series commissioned in 2002 by Nelson Mandela Foundation; Nelson Mandela took leadership of HIV in the country. ​National household data collection provides strategic insight into the progression of the HIV epidemic and other key health indicators.​ The survey series has become a strategic series to collect data that monitors the trends of HIV which is of both national and global importance.​

​One of the defining aspects of the SABSSM series is that it has been led by South African researchers.​ The project has demonstrated the power of building your “own timber” through capacity building  – Study directors – over all PIs,  some data collectors in 2002 – are leading the study,  some interns recruited in 2002 now hold PH.D’s. ​This series changed the narrative that researchers from the North lead research in the South, while the researchers in the South were only seen as data collectors and collaborators.​ The series has brought various local and international agencies and institutions together in the AIDS response for the purpose of mitigating the HIV epidemic in the country.​

KEY MESSAGES:

South Africa needs you:

– Play your part and build a South Africa we can all be proud of:  participate in this survey

– Have your say in shaping government’s future health, HIV and COVID-19 policies and monitor existing programmes: participate in this survey

– Show you care about how HIV affects and impacts you and your fellow South Africans, regardless of race, class, sex or religion:  participate in this survey

– Make South Africa stronger by contributing to the knowledge we have about HIV and Health:  participate in this survey

Please:

– Give us an hour of your time!

– Fully participate in the survey by completing the questionnaire and providing a blood specimen

– Allow our fieldworkers  access to your homes

– Ensure we have good information by answering honestly

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