Ugandans have been urged to embrace HIV testing from Health facilities rather than self-testing.
This has been sounded today during a half-day media café for Journalists on “Breast Feeding Practices among Women Living with HIV organized by Health Journalists Network Uganda (HEJNU) held in Mbarara City.
According to Dr. Mike Kyewalyanga, a pediatrician and HIV focal person at the Holy Innocents’ Children’s Hospital, Ugandans who self-test themselves may end up getting inaccurate results as they don’t always follow the right procedures.
He says there are medical procedures which should be followed to get accurate and reliable results.
BYTE……………….DR.MIKE
Addressing journalists Fredrick Kamugisha, the Mbarara District Health Educator emphasized the need for pregnant mothers to go for antenatal checkups as this reduces the risk of Mother to Child HIV transmission in case the mother is virus infected.
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Catherine Ankunda, a breastfeeding mother living with HIV, appealed to concerned authorities and the Government to look at ways how they can introduce injectable drugs for children as the current tablets are challenging to children.
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GO TO HEALTH FACILITIES, AVOID HIV SELF-TESTING, HEALTH EXPERTS WARNS PUBLIC
