Cultural, religious barriers hinder fight against HIV/AIDS

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As government continues the tackle HIV/AIDS, health officials say social, cultural and religious barriers still hinder the fight.

Speaking at PERFAR Botswana and INK Centre for investigative Journalism’s media training workshop on health in Mogoditshane recently, Catherine Chirwa, a public health specialist said even though some mothers enroll for Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT) programme immediately after being diagnosed as HIV positive, they were facing a huge setback in getting zero mother-to-child transmission.

She said some mothers refuse to take medication because their pastors forbid them to do that as they tell them that a prayer and God could heal the epidemic.

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