�Clean up� F/town targets communicable diseases

Thursday, September 22, 2016

On guard: Francistown is redoubling efforts to get rid of HIV/ AIDS and other diseases

Sexual reproductive health and sexually transmitted infections (SRH/STI) coordinator, Caroline Setshego said the clean-up has been motivated by the fact that the second city is the country’s worst affected by STIs. The theme for the campaign is ‘Kick-out STI/TB/HIV, the Zebra-Kick-out Spaghetti City’.

Setshego said the high numbers of people infected with communicable diseases showed that people do not use protection when indulging in sexual activities.

“The initiative is as a result of escalating statistics of STIs, TB and HIV in the district regardless of the many interventions done,” she said.

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