Health Bill Victimises The HIV Positive - Ndadi

He said: "The Ministry of Health finds the bill which authorises doctors to mandatorily test people and if they choose to exercise their right to liberty and refuse, drag them before courts for orders compelling them to test for HIV as not coercive. If this to the MoH is not force, then we don't know what force is."

Ndadi believes  that the ministry, through its proposed new health bill, will deter people's interest in knowing their HIV status. He says the bill places the responsibility of the fight against HIV/AIDS on those who are HIV positive. Further, he pointed out that international guidelines on HIV/AIDS and human rights state that public health, criminal and anti-discrimination legislation should prohibit mandatory HIV testing of targeted groups, including vulnerable groups.