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Government considers compelling doctors to name AIDS patients

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Kenyan government may soon compel doctors to disclose the HIV status of their patients in a bid to curb the spread of the pandemic, the 'Standard' newspaper reported. Minister of State in the Office of the President, Marsden Madoka, was reported as saying that the government was awaiting the findings of the legal task force established to look into legal issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS. He added that such disclosures were vital because they would discourage "irresponsible behaviour" among Kenyans.

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