Clinton calls for mandatory AIDS testing while UN discourages Goa Disease/Infection News Published: Wednesday, 29-Mar-2006
Bill Clinton is suggesting that mandatory testing for HIV/AIDS be used in countries with high infection rates and the means to provide lifesaving drugs. The former U.S. president says countries where there is no discrimination against people with the illness and where anti-AIDS drugs are available should now consider universal testing. Twenty years ago, at the start of the AIDS epidemic, mandatory testing was frowned on because of the stigma attached to the deadly illness and the lack of treatment for those infected. Clinton says that position now needs a total rethink and support from the AIDS community. It is estimated that over 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS but many do not know they are infected. Clinton says that now people's lives can be saved and the stigma is reduced, the only way to reduce the spread of the epidemic is with more testing because 90 percent of the people who are HIV positive don't know it. Clinton's foundation has been working hard to bring quality medical care and cheaper drugs to sufferers in poor countries, and Lesotho will this year become the first country to do universal testing. Read the rest of this article at: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=16968 _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: %(user_optionsurl)s This email sent to %(user_address)s
