More men than women go to Tebelopele

Just as they were being dismissed as lacking the guts and spines to stand an HIV test, Batswana men are now being vindicated by the latest HIV report, the National AIDS Council report, which says more and more men are doing voluntary HIV testing at Tebelopele facilities than women. However, a very big number of women do their HIV testing at government hospitals and clinics where they are routinely tested especially during pregnancy. At government hospitals and clinics the ratio of women who test to their male counterparts is 1:2.

A fresh report, unveiled on Friday by the National Aids Coordinating Agency (NACA) at the Annual National AIDS Council, points out that the men are doing better than the females in voluntary HIV testing at the Tebelopele centres. In fact the trend has been there since 2008.