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Current Feed ContentKENYA: Fear of HIV testing keeps pregnant women at homeOn both occasions when Mary Atieno* gave birth in her home district of Suba, western Kenya, she knew that going to one of the health centres would be safer, but she was too afraid that the routine HIV test might reveal that she was HIV-positive. "I normally just deliver at home with the help of traditional birth attendants, because when you go to these modern government hospitals they put you through certain tests which reveal even your HIV status," Atieno told IRIN/PlusNews. "I fear this,...MAURITIUS: No longer forbidden loveLastyear, Camille Liu's future was looking good. He had met a woman - "aperfect match" – while working in Mozambique as an electrician. Theyfell in love, decided to move to his home country, Mauritius, getmarried and have children. But when Anna Magurra arrived onthe tropical Indian Ocean island, ready to accept her fiancesproposal, a few bureaucratic issues stood in the way of their marriage- one of them was an HIV test. Anna's test results came back positive. "I was shocked, devastated,... |
