Search
  1. Home
  2. East Africa
  3. Rwanda
  • News

Unexpected interest shown in HIV testing

    JOHANNESBURG

    Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV in Rwanda's Byumba province yielded a "surprising" turnout over the weekend.

    According to Dr Charles Juru at the Byumba Hospital, a total of 6,000 residents and employees of the Mulindi Tea Plantation - the country's largest tea producer - enrolled for testing.

    "We had planned to get about 4,000 people from Mulindi Tea Plantation but, to our surprise, many people turned up for this exercise," he told the local New Times newspaper.

    Juru said the huge turnout was an indication of the public's willingness to know their HIV status.

    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

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join