Mpumalanga traditional healers, Wits University to conduct HIV testing

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Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit have trained fifteen traditional healers to be able to conduct HIV tests and counselling to their patients.

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Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit trained fifteen traditional healers to be able toThe traditional healers have successfully tested almost 500 people and 20 of the people tested positive. “Last time when the client came to my place, I didn’t know that this person is positive or not, and it was a problem because if someone tells someone that first you have to go to the clinic, he or she thinks that maybe don’t want to help them. Now we are happy because after doing what you are doing, we talk to them about HIV testing. If he or she likes to test, then we test them. If he is positive or she is positive, then we refer them to the clinic but it’s not forced.

 

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