Testing for HIV being offered

Whether it’s HIV infection or some other threat to our nation’s wellbeing, we must remember that achieving health is a continual process, not a destination.

Rwanda has integrated programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV into maternal, neonatal and child health services and by 2014 had reduced new HIV infections among children by 88% compared to 2009.

LoveYourself will be conducting a free and confidential HIV screening on November 29 to raise awareness about sexual health, particularly about knowing one’s HIV status.

In certain situations, it is also possible for an individual to bring a civil claim for compensation against a person who has infected them with HIV.

Sidibe said the number of HIV-positive people with access to antiretroviral drugs had jumped to 41 per cent in the past five years, up from 23 per cent in 2010. With such treatment, an HIV-positive victim can stay relatively healthy and live a normal life.

But Montaner said the testing could be broader, and more consistent.

Make sure you talk about sexual health; your sexual health is an important part of your whole health, it’s OK and it’s important to get information and speak to a health professional about it. According to UNAids the gains made with access to treatment, and people living longer as a result thereof, present new challenges.

The series showed a character purportedly suffering from Aids with serious blisters and terrible wounds at the time of death.

Testing is the only way to know if you are infected with HIV.

HIV is a virus that causes immunodeficiency syndrome. Their symptoms vary, depending on which diseases hit them. Only after 1996 did the arrival of first effective treatments for HIV infection begin to break the progression from infection with HIV and death from AIDS.

The wrong portrayal of an Aids patient can spur public sentiment against people living with HIV/Aids.

“Our research shows it is imperative that more is done to reduce the fear of HIV and HIV testing to increase the amount of people being tested”, study leader Michael Evangeli said.

It is with the theme: “Getting to zero: Ending AIDS by 2030”.

“We are all aware that HIV and AIDS increase the cost of doing business to most employers and thus joining hands in addressing it would put us and our country in a better place”, Dr Mlimuka observed.

The newly diagnosed cases of the third quarter of 2015 were mainly reported by three major sources: public hospitals and clinics (71 cases), AIDS service organisations (37 cases) and the DH’s Social Hygiene Clinics (25 cases).