South Sudan AIDS Commission and different stakeholders on Tuesday reviewed 2011 High Level Meeting principles declared to fights HIV AIDS.
Commission chairperson Esterina Novello said the review comes while the Commission is planning to develop the 2013-2017 HIV AIDS strategies, Bakhita Radio reported.
She said the work on the new strategies will be finalized by this month.
Ms Novello said a survey launched in March showed that HIV prevalence in the country is at 2.6 percent with 16,000 new infections annually.
She warned that the country is not secured though the previous statistics put the national prevalence at three percent.
National Health minister Michael Milly Hussein said the government is committed to fight HIV AIDS.
He said the ministry plans to conduct a nationwide awareness campaign that can minimize the spread of HIV AIDS.
Dr Hussein called on the stakeholders and the civil society activists to put more efforts in educating the public.