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Zanu-PF bigwigs snubs a voluntary HIV testing session at the ZITF
10 Dec 2011 at 15:57hrs | Views
Zanu PF bigwigs snubbed a voluntary HIV testing session at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), leaving school pupils to participate. The party's senior officials who were supposed to lead by example pretended nothing was happening and went about their business as usual.
The voluntary mass HIV testing and counselling which lasted for an hour at a mobile United Bulawayo Hospitals clinic on the sidelines of the Zanu PF conference, was meant to ensure the party leads the fight against the pandemic.
President Robert Mugabe told a national HIV/Aids conference in September that some of his close aides were receiving anti-retroviral treatment, but were "running from one woman to the other".
The mass testing and counselling comes days after the marking of the World Aids Day on December 1. The day is specifically dedicated to raising awareness of the Aids pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.
The voluntary mass HIV testing and counselling which lasted for an hour at a mobile United Bulawayo Hospitals clinic on the sidelines of the Zanu PF conference, was meant to ensure the party leads the fight against the pandemic.
The mass testing and counselling comes days after the marking of the World Aids Day on December 1. The day is specifically dedicated to raising awareness of the Aids pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.
Source - NewsDay
