Johannesburg — It is a well- known fact that more women than men know their HIV status and that it would be great if more men went for testing. What is not so well known and I speak from personal experience- are the inner struggles that men have to confront before going for testing.
Whereas men tend to get tested by proxy, our spouses or partners test either of their own volition or as part of antenatal care. I must confess that my fear is not out of a lack of information, for I have read anything an ordinary person would want to know about the pandemic and can pass a basic HIV and AIDS quiz.
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