Men lagging behind on personal health

Speaking during a health seminar organised by the Department of Health Management Team (DHMT) on Saturday, Alona said that statistics show that men are still slow in responding to personal health matters. From April 2014 to March 2015, she said statistics show that men are also lagging behind in testing for HIV and AIDS. Only 10,364 men tested for HIV, while 13,294 women did.

She said this is an indication that men do not take the responsibility to get tested, which is worrying because most of the men are still sexually active. She said that if men continue to drag their feet when it comes to HIV testing it is not going to be easy to control the virus.