Dikgosi urged to lead HIV fight

Addressing the Palapye Administrative Authority (PAA) dikgosi recently, the PMTCT coordinator from Mogome Clinic, Veronica Letebejane said community leaders should work hand in hand with the departments of health in their respective villages to fight against HIV. Letebejane emphasised that there was need to engage community leaders in order to advocate for the programme, adding that dikgosi needed to address health issues whenever they gathered the public.

She said health authorities were still worried by statistics of couples who do not test together for HIV in the area, saying that partner testing rate was at 19% only. Baby testing by HIV positive mothers is said to be at 94% even though only 68% have received their results.