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NGO to Sensitise Kasese Residents on Aids Stigma

New Vision (Kampala) - October 15, 2008
John Nzinjah


A total of 1,143 members of a community based organisation have been deployed in Kasese district to sensitise people about the AIDS scourge.

The team will inform residents about the importance of voluntary testing and declaring one's sero status, said a coordinator with the National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS.

Faith Makombo said stigma results from not declaring one's status. She was on Tuesday speaking at the organisation's offices in Kasese, where they were giving food supplies to registered members.

A 12-year-old positively living girl expressed her commitment to sensitise fellow children about the disease.


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