Georgetown: One per cent of the 3,969 persons tested in Region Four during the recent National testing drive proved to be positive. Twenty-eight persons were tested positive for HIV.
The National Testing Initiative was launched with Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran being tested publicly along with Olympic runner, Winston George; Miss United Nations 2012, Soyini Fraser; Miss Guyana/Universe 2012, Ruqayyah Boyer, and Miss Guyana Renaissance 2012, Dr Vivienne Mitchell.
According to the Ministry of Health’s National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), the testing drive which was conducted countrywide saw a total of 2,243 women and 1,726 men being tested in Region Four.
A total of 150 sites provided HIV testing and counseling services in all 10 Administrative Regions. The target set for 2012 was 15,000 and to date reports from 67 Testing Sites set up in Region Four have been collected and analyzed, according to NAPS.
Region Four reportedly represented 27 per cent of all persons tested.
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