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Senior local and US officials launch HIV testing campaign

    JOHANNESBURG

    US global AIDS coordinator Randall Tobias was publicly tested for HIV on a recent visit to Uganda, to encourage more people to follow suit.

    The local New Vision newspaper quoted Tobias as saying: "HIV counselling and testing is supposed to be private but we have done it openly, so that the public can understand how simple and straightforward it is; it's important for everyone to be tested."

    He called at a number of anti-AIDS project sites in and around the capital, Kampala, to assess progress made with the assistance of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a $15 billion initiative that supports the expansion of prevention, care and treatment programmes in nations hard-hit by the pandemic.

    During his four-day tour, which concluded on Sunday, Tobias also met with senior government officials, implementing partners and PEPFAR beneficiaries.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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