The United Nation’s new Sustainable Development Goals have set the ambitious target of ending AIDS by 2030. To achieve this, UNAIDS has created the 90-90-90 treatment strategy which states “the only way to achieve this is through approaches grounded in principles of human rights, mutual respect and inclusion.” The greater involvement of people living with HIV and AIDS (GIPA) principle needs to be re-examined as a critical component of this strategy.
Decriminalisation of drugs
South Africa’s current drug policy framework is fragmented, with contradictions between legislation that criminalises personal drug use and policy commitments that recognise prevention, treatment, harm reductionand social reintegration as essential
