Thursday, August 30, 2007

Uganda: Kaberamaido Locals Struggle for HIV Tests

HEALTH workers in Kaberamaido district were on Friday overwhelmed by the high turn up of people wanting to take voluntary HIV/Aids tests.

Hundreds of residents in long queues struggled to be tested during the exercise carried out by the Population Services International (PSI) Uganda at the launch of the Basic Care Packages and Living Positively Everyday for Life campaign at Kaberamaido Township Primary School.

PSI has distributed over 112,000 basic care kits and trained about 1,500 health service providers and peer educators on HIV basic care.read more

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