| Gender and the New National Strategic plan
The DoH (2000) states that the underlying causes of the spread of HIV are socio-economic conditions such as poverty, commercial sex work, migrant labour, the low status of women in South Africa, illiteracy as well as stigma and discrimination. The immediate causes are seen as behaviour factors such as unprotected sexual intercourse and multiple partners as well as biological factors such as the prevalence of STDs. In the 2007-2011 Broad Framework the DoH (2006) focuses on the fact the spread of HIV links to behavioural factors such as unprotected intercourse and multiple sexual partners. One of the most important ‘causes’, according to DoH (2006) is poverty. However, the lack of an adequate district health system also receives some attention.
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