OUTCRY OVER HIV CENTRE CLOSURES
Aug 6th, 2009 by admin
Thousands of people in Mozambique this week protested against a government decision to close 23 HIV daycare centres across the country. Protesters in the capital Maputo handed Health Minister Paulo Ivo Garrido a letter condemning the move, which they say could jeopardise the health of HIV-positive patients. An estimated 16 per cent of Mozambique’s 21 million people are HIV positive. Protests were also held in the country’s second city of Beira on Tuesday. The government has been moving patients into mainstream hospitals, saying the exclusive nature of day centres was harming efforts to eradicate stigma and discrimination
