Mr Speaker, Deputy President, the DA welcomes any steps to reduce the number of people dying from HIV/Aids, given the 10 years of denialism that we have recently had.
But we are concerned that we are basing our programmes on completely inadequate and outdated information. For example, even though it is nearly the end of 2009, the annual antenatal clinic survey of 2008 has still not been released. This is one of the most important sources of information we have on how the Aids pandemic is progressing. The DA has, for the third year in a row, submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act application for this report to be released. We urge the government to respond to this request so that all South Africans can be properly informed about the epidemic.
And I ask you, Deputy President: Where is this report, and can you clarify what the reasons are for the continued delay in the release of the survey? Thank you very much.