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B – Being Faithful.
The HIV epidemic in South Africa is very real. Every single day, 1500 people in South Africa get infected with HIV and 1000 die of AIDS. This epidemic is driven by Multiple Concurrent Partners (MCP). To break the MCP chain requires you to be faithful.
Being faithful means that agree to be sexually active with only one person, who also agrees to be sexually active with only you. As a sexually active individual, you have the absolute power to protect yourself from being infected with HIV. The sure way to prevent new HIV infections is to stick to one partner.
- Sticking to one partner is a two way street. ‘
- Be faithful to yourself and your partner.
- Make sure that your partner is also only sticking to you.
When you stick to one partner (STOP), you have the peace of mind that you are not part of a sexual network. You are playing your part in reducing the new HIV infections which are as a direct result of many sexual networks. You are stopping HIV and encouraging others to do the same
