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HIV/AIDS survey to begin in Kenya

    JOHANNESBURG
    A series of random HIV tests will be conducted on 8,000 people in Kenya next week, the local Daily Nation newspaper reported on Tuesday. Kenya's Ministry of Planning and National Development said the tests would be part of a three-month health survey to determine HIV/AIDS prevalence rates. "We are not interested in knowing the individuals' HIV status. Our aim is to determine prevalence rates," the ministry's principal investigator, James Mutunga, said. Blood samples from two people in each of the 4,000 homes included in the survey would be tested. Results were expected in August.

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