MSF supports global call for "Knowing Your HIV Status"
Source: The Sangai Express

CCpur, December 02 2018: The International Medical Humanitarian Organization, Doctors without Borders Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) joined global organisations in commemorating "World AIDS Day".

Reiterating the global focus on "Know your HIV status", MSF teams organized a week long awareness raising programme in both Churachandpur and Moreh.

A voluntary counselling and testing camp was also set up in Tengnoupal considering HIV testing is essential for people to be able to access HIV prevention, treatment and care services.

"We pre-identified five vulnerable communities where our team comprising a health educator, a counsellor and a translator conducted awareness camps.

The idea was to reach people in the community and through activities, start a dialogue about how getting tested is the first step to treat a chronic illness like HIV/AIDS.

Understanding social stigma that continues to be attached to the disease and discourages people from seeking treatment and sometimes even ignorance where people continue living with HIV/AIDS not knowing their status, it's important to encourage them to know their status, educate them about the illness, the reason they should get tested and how it is treatable and not the end of life", said Dr Shougrakpam Jeetesh Singh.

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