HIV/AIDS: People with disabilities cry foul

Although Botswana has done a remarkable job sensitising its citizens about the HIV scourge, people with disabilities are still lagging behind in terms of accessing information.

 This was revealed by the public relations Officer of the Botswana Council of People with Disabilities (BCD), Agisanyang Pitsane in an interview with Mmegi after AIDS Day commemoration held on Monday.

She explained that the belief in some quarters that people with disabilities are not sexually active is sending the wrong message as they are denied their rights in accessing the information they need. "It has gone to point where if you are blind like me and you go to a clinic to ask for condoms they ask you why you need them as you should not be engaging in sexual activities. It becomes even worse if you get pregnant and it will be like you have done an unspeakable thing," she said.

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