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CB Has The Highest HIV Prevalence, ‘Women Sleep With Fellow Women, & Men The Same’ Officials Say
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Kitwe
KITWE District Aids Task Force chairperson Chikafuna Banda says 1,000 people test positive for HIV in the area every month.
Dr Banda said yesterday that 8,000 people undergo HIV testing in Kitwe every month of which 1,000 test positive.
He said there is need to intensify sensitisation campaigns to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS.
Dr Banda was speaking during a preparatory stakeholders meeting for the 2015 national voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) day to be held under the theme: “Universal access to annual HIV counselling and testing.”
“We have about 8,000 people who are tested in Kitwe for HIV every month, and out of this number, 1,000 test positive. These are true statistics. There is something that we are not doing,” Dr Banda said.
He said the latest statistics call for more funding towards the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Dr Banda said counselling and testing should also receive special attention so that people who test positive are counselled on how to look after themselves and to avoid infecting others.
Dr Banda said concerted efforts are needed for Kitwe to have zero new HIV infections.
“Kitwe is positive that the HIV prevalence rate will be lowered further towards zero new infections with commitment and focus,” Dr Banda said.
And Copperbelt AIDS co-ordination advisor Violet Mongeza said the region has the highest HIV prevalence rate in the country at 18 percent.
“We cannot run away from this fact that there is a lot of unprotected sex. Women are sleeping with fellow women, men the same. And in prisons, we can’t ignore that there is sex among the [male] inmates,” she said.
Mrs Mongeza said stakeholders’ participation to reduce the levels of infection is needed.
Posted by Kunda
on May 29, 2015. Filed under BREAKING NEWS, LATEST NEWS.
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You guys suck
May 29, 2015 at 8:36 am
PF cadres!
GM
May 29, 2015 at 11:35 am
IDIOT
Hildah Malama
May 29, 2015 at 1:22 pm
People are no longer afraid of HIV/AIDS following confirmed medical examinations that even their president is HIV Positive.
They now believe HIV/AIDS is a Presidential Disease and anyone aspiring for high office should first of all get in infected then join the president later.
This tells an HIV PositivePresident is a negative and retrogressive role model.
Denkete
May 29, 2015 at 1:41 pm
the Dr. wants funding. Read again.
Denkete
May 29, 2015 at 1:45 pm
1000 per month? 12 000 per year just in CB? Dr. alefwaya funding, wanya tayakese. Akulolelafye salary.
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May 30, 2015 at 12:05 am
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Ndola
mulenga
May 29, 2015 at 9:11 am
CB people are interesting in these issues coz you see wonders.
However, it is not about people not knowing the consequences of their actions.
A culture which encourages a man to be unfaithful will definitely cause many HIV infections.
young and older Women are also under too much pressure to outdo one another and thus become too easily gullible in these issues. Not realizing that the risk they take cannot compare to the cheating man they are trying to please or cling to.
Change these two things and there may be a change!
Shi Mwana
May 29, 2015 at 9:19 am
Too much inyele ba Kopala
Herve Stalin
May 29, 2015 at 9:34 am
sensational. not fit to be a doctor
mahule
May 29, 2015 at 9:40 am
we @ upnd will make sure that we will start distributing condoms in school,markets, any public places to reduce the spread of HIV. vote UPND (NEZ)
GIFT
May 29, 2015 at 9:50 am
GO FOR MC CHABE
Kay
May 29, 2015 at 9:57 am
1000 a month???????????
Isn’t 1 sexual partner enough kanshi? Lesa atwafwe.
tutu
May 29, 2015 at 10:09 am
ifwe ukunyenga daily daily without a condom e normal pakopala tatwakaleke nafuti nafuti nankwe nankwe kumulasa
b
May 29, 2015 at 10:21 am
It has become fashionable now for a married man to have a girlfriend and a Married woman to have a boyfriend this kind of behaviour is contributing a lot to the spread of HIV
PANTUFYE
May 29, 2015 at 12:05 pm
Kolopa.com
mudidi
May 29, 2015 at 12:20 pm
Bakopala balitemwa ukuyenga kwati ni mbuzi
umwina rainbow
May 29, 2015 at 12:34 pm
Very sad,
Rigoesanchez
May 29, 2015 at 12:35 pm
No bane, we have a generation that never saw how devastating AIDS was; so they cannot relate the infection to physical depletion of a human being. Those of us that saw it happen to our family members and friends, have always taken AIDS seriously. Ma ARVs have hidden the issue; hence infections will be on the increase for years to come.
Bbinsimatako
May 29, 2015 at 12:39 pm
Mwan’ya Mulamana Do MMD
dubwi
May 29, 2015 at 1:05 pm
It is where a deamon has found customers stop dressing ubushilubushilu
mj banda
May 29, 2015 at 1:09 pm
Is south Africa coming to cb?
Hildah Malama
May 29, 2015 at 1:25 pm
People are no longer afraid of HIV/AIDS following confirmed medical examinations that even their president is HIV Positive.
They now believe HIV/AIDS is a Presidential Disease and anyone aspiring for high office should first of all get in infected then join the president later.
All people who wish to befriend Lungu should first of all get AIDS then follow the dying kachasu man.
This tells you that an HIV Positive President is a negative and retrogressive role model.
PLease in 2016, vote wisely.
Czar
May 29, 2015 at 1:33 pm
Nonsense. This coming from some fool masquerading as a medical doctor. You sound to be some worn out prostitute who has been thrown out of her illegal trade.
jabi
May 30, 2015 at 7:33 am
Hilda notu mabele utwapompoloka kwati Ni tropical
Tuyakange
May 29, 2015 at 1:48 pm
HAAA NO BWAMBA BWAPONA KU MWENSO. UYU JON TOFWA KUTI ANDETELELA MWE. BUSHE NIBANANI BENGA MPANGILAKO BAMBA YA FYELA ULEKE NKOMENE JON UKUSUNDA KU N’ANDA KU POLICE EKO NKACITA SURRENDER AMA KEYS
Di Alex
May 29, 2015 at 2:27 pm
Just masturbate and it is free of any STD
Judge Joe Bidden
May 29, 2015 at 2:50 pm
A lot of nonsense and gibberish posts in here.
wikileak
May 29, 2015 at 3:31 pm
Boza useless Dr….
Economic Advisor
May 29, 2015 at 3:41 pm
Scaring my girl is based in CB bafikala ba Tumfweko mulentinya ataaa, in upnd everyone will be infected vote PF
kakolwe
May 29, 2015 at 4:06 pm
Ama Data yamo! Kwati kubuta. Implying that copperbelt, with an approximate population of 2.8 million people, will have a 100% HIV positive population in 7yrs? Utubantu ngatulefwaya funding!! Kulasabailafye.
major chileshe
May 29, 2015 at 5:12 pm
Mmmmmm let us look 4 the cure fast,otherwise we r all goin to b killed
Fernando
May 29, 2015 at 5:55 pm
For sure, this generation has not really seen and appreciated how devastating the “real” AIDS was. May b we should bring back those scary “AIDS KILLS” adverts naka human skeleton, coffin na eagle bakaamba!!
Just thinking aloud
anny
May 29, 2015 at 9:07 pm
BUFI UBU
Chief snooper
May 30, 2015 at 7:11 am
Ignore dr Bands,s warning at your own peril, he is highly proffessional and a very organised young man… Lets face it….. Zibsip is a curse to our town….The arabs would say death to zibsip….