Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) and Concern Worldwide have partnered to intensify the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic through a concept called Total Control of the Epidemic (TCE).
TCE is a project aimed at mobilising people to take total control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in their lives by employing field officers, who go from house-to-house, person-to-person doing voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) using finger prick testing in the Mazabuka district.
Speaking during the visit to Mazabuka District yesterday, Concern Worldwide Country Director Rakesh Katal said people should not be careless with their sexual behaviour because of Anti Retro Viral drugs that were being administered by health institutions.
Mr. Katal also called upon counsellors to be careful when dealing with the technical aspect of HIV/AIDS testing.
He added that a good educational background for HIV counsellors was imperative in the fight against the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Mazabuka District Health Management Team (MDHMT) Manager, Martha Musweu has commended the two NGOs for their efforts in the district.
Mrs. Musweu said the partnership between DAPP/TCE and Mazabuka District Health Management Team will go a long way in reducing the high prevalence rate of the pandemic.
”Mazabuka is privileged to have the first TCE programme initiated in the country as this has assisted in counselling and testing people,” she said.
She added that TCE field officers play a key role in helping suffice for the shortfall of health workers in all the district’s 46 health centers.
The visit by the two country directors to Mazabuka was aimed at learning about the effectiveness of TCE concept and at seeing the possibility of replicating the concept in Western Province.
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Yes continue to fight . You have my support. Bravo
This sounds so strange to me and obviously non complementing for the efforts already on the grounds.The first Lady has to be praised that upon observing effort already undertaken, decides to help strengtthen the efforts that are there already. Take your time before you can embark on any national venture otherwise instead of helping you will become a demotivator to good efforts. Zambia is well ahead of so many countries in sub-saharan africa interms education with regards to HIV/AIDS. Who told Rakesh that Zambians are careless with Sex. The finger plick is the common test in Zambia . This to me deserves no complement. If they have money let them give the concerned organisations who have been in the system for some time. Lets not use HIV/AIDS as a means of making money. Bravo 1st Lady
The AIDS virus was Intentionally created by man with specific goals in mind and carried
out according to plan(depopulation).
What we’ve come to believe about AIDS is what we’ve been conditioned to believe,by the carefully
planned and sustained campaign of disinformation: that AIDS is a plague of nature; but not to worry, it
will spare most of us, if we behave ourselves.
HIV / AIDS is one hell of a scary disease. we still do not have a cure nor a vaccine for it, so always practice safe sex.
HIV/AIDS is still rampant today and there is no cure for it. we need to practive safe sex all the time because an ounce of prevention is still better than a pound of cure.,,