“A number of interventions have been put in place to ensure that we eventually eradicate the transmission of mother to child of HIV,” said Dhlomo.

More people in the province checked their status, with 2.3 million having tested for HIV since the launch of the HIV, Counselling and Testing campaign in April 2010.

Dhlomo said the province had reached an overall average of 78 percent of people having tested. There were districts lagging behind, which had not reached the 70 percent mark, including eThekwini (58 percent), iLembe (68 percent) and uMgungundlovu (66 percent).

“These are districts where the prevalence rate is above 40 percent … we will intensify our campaign towards the three million milestone at the end of June and our efforts will be in these three districts,” said Dhlomo.

Nationally, more than 12 million, out of the target of 15 million, have tested since the launch of the campaign.

Dhlomo also announced that as the June school holidays draw nearer, the province will have camps throughout the province to continue with the programme of circumcision, which is one of the prevention methods advocated by government.