Secretary for Nutrition and Hiv/Aids, Mary Shawa, on Wednesday said that the weeklong 2008 National Voluntary, Counselling and Testing (VCT) campaign which will be held from 10 to 16 November has targeted over 200,000 people countrywide.
Shawa told APA during an interview that the week will seek to allow people to know their sero-status through the voluntary testing of HIV/Aids disease.
"Knowing your sero-status will help both government and families in planning for their future," she said.
She added that the occasion has now become an annual event specifically designed to help government and all stakeholders curb the HIV pandemic.
Shawa said this would only happen through advocacy and other preventive measures like knowing one’s HIV status.
Last year government targeted to test 150,000 people but it wound up testing over 180,000 volunteers.
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
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