Mozambique: Poor Counselling Leads to Abandoning HIV Treatment

Maputo — Mozambican Health Minister Ivo Garrido on Monday admitted that poor counselling by the health services is one of the main reasons why HIV-positive patients abandon anti-retroviral therapy (ARVT).

"If the patient abandons treatment, it is because the counselling given by the health worker is no good", said Garrido. "But if the advice and information given to the patient is efficient, then the patient does not abandon treatment, not even when he feels better".

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