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YoungAfricaLive (YAL), a free mobile
social network, will provide information on HIV testing sites in South Africa
beginning on World AIDS Day, December 1. YAL was launched in South Africa on
December 1, 2009, as an entertainment-oriented, fun, and interactive space for
young South Africans to communicate about hot topics that affect their daily
lives such as love, sex, relationships, gender and cultural issues, as well as
HIV/AIDS. The YAL mobile social network has grown to almost 1.3 million users,
making it South Africa’s largest mobile social network on sexual and
reproductive health.
The info4africa database (formerly
HIVAN/HIV-911), the most complete database of HIV Counseling and Testing sites
in South Africa, has now been integrated into YAL, giving users the ability to
search for and find the nearest HIV counseling and testing site anywhere in
South Africa.
Users will find a link to the new
feature on the homepage of YAL SA on Vodafone Live and can then query the
info4africa HIV data by means of a series of drop-down menus to find a clinic
in a specific province, city, or suburb in South Africa. Once the user has
chosen the clinic, the information provided includes the name of the clinic,
its address, a click-to-call phone number, and the type of services available.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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