Doctors and nurses who work in local hospitals have been reported to be reluctant to undergo voluntary HIV and TB testing. The Ministry of Health and Child Care, however, is not sure why this is so. Deputy Director AIDS/TB Programmes (National TB Control) Charles Sandy confirmed the situation saying,
We don’t have any evidence to provide answers as to the reasons for the reluctance but anecdotally it’s probably an issue of stigma related to the two diseases (TB and HIV), lack of adequate compensation if it gets occupational exposure and infection and probably also fears of confidentiality. The Ministry is, therefore, trying to address this by introducing a wellness approach to health services so that healthcare workers have easy access to the services they need by addressing their needs holistically in an integrated manner.
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KKKKKK they know 99.9% of them are positive. They know their ways.
MaDoctors nemaNurses vanohura veduwe and hana dzavo hadzirove, l kinda sympathize with the nurses who have carpet interviews with well known infected doctors just for them to be taken care of, shame sterek
Change must come to our nation soon
That’s a biased analysis full of lies, no facts, remember these cadres use their medical aid facilities in most cases they are treated in private institutions because they understand the shortages of resources at govt institutions and they also want quality results not just the rapid results tests which are not 100% correct