Kabompo district HIV/AIDS coordinator Shoneka Shaloba has bemoaned the high prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in communities around St. Kalemba Mission Hospital.
Mr. Shaloba told ZANIS in an interview in Kabompo yesterday that the district was recording increased cases of STIs in the area.
He attributed this high prevalence rate to the increased number of traders from other districts and a named neighboring country.
He said the prevalence rate was high in sexually active age groups of 15 to 49 years.
Mr Shaloba added that the district, which has a population of 99,712 people, had an estimated adult HIV prevalence rate of 6.1 percent.
He appealed to people living in the communities around St. Kalemba Mission Hospital to maximize the use of condoms to avoid sexually transmitted infections and the spread of HIV/AIDS
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Interesting statistics – what about other parts of the country? It would be interesting to know where the lowest prevalence of contracting STIs is…
can some one find out if they is sufficent supply of condons in kabompo?this is a very sad news?