‘The earlier you go, the longer you live’: HIV self-testing in South Africa | Rebecca Ratcliffe
Story from: South Africa | The Guardian
In a country where people with HIV suffer hugely from discrimination, the privacy afforded by self-testing is having a positive impact on rates of diagnosis and treatment
David* is perched on a stool, staring at the table in front of him. On it, a small testing stick stands in a cylinder of liquid.
“I’ve never tested before, so I thought I should,� he says.
People are not shy, they go get their treatment. They know the more they keep quiet, the more HIV attacks them
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