Chairperson, poverty continues to bear a disproportionately female face. Maternal and child mortality rates are at a high level and women are more likely to be infected with HIV and affected by Aids than men. We are working with the Department of Health to ensure that government delivers on this key outcome area of a long and healthy life for all South Africans. We support the HIV testing initiative as well as the programme for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV to ensure that we create an HIV-free generation. We also welcome the report that infection from mother-to-child has gone down to 3,5% in eight of our provinces.