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.
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