Youth, men still reluctant to test for HIV
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Gang said this at the Mayor’s 90-90-90-test drive campaign held at the Gaborone bus rank on Saturday. The campaign, which was enunciated at the UNAIDS International AIDS conference held in Melbourne, Australia late last year, follows through key steps considered critical to better health for HIV positive people, and to limiting new infections.
The philosophy is that 90 percent of people must get tested, 90 percent HIV positive people should be on treatment and 90 percent of people on treatment should have suppressed viral loads.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...