False healers fuel ARV dropouts in Maun

MAUN: Pastors here have recommended tougher action against “prophets” who falsely claim the ability to heal people of diseases, after a mother and her 10-year-old son discontinued their Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy recently.

Speaking during a meeting with religious leaders last week, District Health Management Team (DHMT) public health specialist, Christopher Chembe revealed that contrary to the popular prophet’s pronouncements, the mother and her child were still HIV positive.

“He convinced his two congregants to stop taking ARVs saying he had healed them after praying for them,” Chembe said at the Ministers’ Fraternity meeting.

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