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Kabale men pressured on VCT

    JOHANNESBURG

    Uganda's Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) is urging men in Kabale district to use the voluntary counselling testing (VCT) services to determine their HIV status.

    JCRC chief Dr Muhereza Mukuzi said most men usually avoided VCT and antiretroviral treatment, which were essential to preventing a premature AIDS-related death.

    "The number of women who test [for HIV] is high because they are not afraid. I appeal to the men to use the chance to save their lives, and those of their wives," the local Monitor newspaper quoted him as saying.

    Mukuzi noted that women made up the majority of the estimated 3,200 people living with HIV/AIDS in the district, but only because they were more willing to use VCT services.

    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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