Call for HIV testimonies in Malawi
Testify about HIV and save Malawi--Msosa
Malawi's Daily Times - Malawi
Chairperson for the Malawi Network of People Living with HIV and Aids (Manet) Justice Anastasia Msosa has asked people in Malawi who are living with HIV to come out and give testimonies to encourage others to go for Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT). Msosa was speaking earlier in the week in Lilongwe at this year’s Malawi Aids Candlelight Memorial, which was organised by Manet in collaboration with the Lilongwe District Assembly. Msosa said when people who are living positively reveal their status others who have not gone for VCT realise that all is not lost when one gets the virus ... She said if more people could come out and give testimonies on how normal their lives are after being found with the virus, it would help to put an end to stigma and discrimination suffered after revealing one’s status. Lilongwe District Assembly Director of Planning and Development Smart Gwedemula condemned some religious groupings that treat people with HIV as sinners because that practice encourages stigma and discrimination. At another memorial National Aids Commission (Nac) Executive Director Biswick Mwale said the best way to remember people who died of Aids is to take action that could prevent further HIV infection and loss of lives. An estimated 650,000 people have died of Aids in Malawi since 1985. Nac estimates that 80,000 people die each year and 80,000 children become orphans as a direct result of the mortality rate.
Malawi's Daily Times - Malawi
Chairperson for the Malawi Network of People Living with HIV and Aids (Manet) Justice Anastasia Msosa has asked people in Malawi who are living with HIV to come out and give testimonies to encourage others to go for Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT). Msosa was speaking earlier in the week in Lilongwe at this year’s Malawi Aids Candlelight Memorial, which was organised by Manet in collaboration with the Lilongwe District Assembly. Msosa said when people who are living positively reveal their status others who have not gone for VCT realise that all is not lost when one gets the virus ... She said if more people could come out and give testimonies on how normal their lives are after being found with the virus, it would help to put an end to stigma and discrimination suffered after revealing one’s status. Lilongwe District Assembly Director of Planning and Development Smart Gwedemula condemned some religious groupings that treat people with HIV as sinners because that practice encourages stigma and discrimination. At another memorial National Aids Commission (Nac) Executive Director Biswick Mwale said the best way to remember people who died of Aids is to take action that could prevent further HIV infection and loss of lives. An estimated 650,000 people have died of Aids in Malawi since 1985. Nac estimates that 80,000 people die each year and 80,000 children become orphans as a direct result of the mortality rate.