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Uganda: 6 Percent of Moyo People Test for HIV
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New Vision (Kampala)
6 May 2008
Posted to the web 7 May 2008
Dradenya Amazia
Kampala
ONLY 6% of the people in Moyo district know their HIVâ-àstatus, according to a health official. The district AIDS focal person, Dr. Franklin Iddi, said out 270,000 people, only 16,200 had tested for the AIDSâ-àvirus since the voluntary counselling and testing services were launched in the area in September 2006.
During an AIDS forum at the district headquarters yesterday, Iddi said although the exercise was free, many people had shunned the exercise for fear of stigmatisation.
"The anti-retroviral therapy clinic is located in the corridor of the hospital. That is why many people may not be willing to go for the tests.
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