HIV testing without treatment? (22)
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Hi there,
my feeling about HIV testing without treatment is that it depends es-
sentially on that point: why would one being tested ?
Here, in Cambodia, the main reasons of young people (between 20 and
30) doing test is to inform their future wife whether they are posi-
tive or not (girls are not supposed to do the test, as they are all
considered as virgin...). And if the result is positive, the main
consequence is that the wedding will be cancelled!!! Or, worst, that
the boy is going to hide the fact that he is positive in order to
avoid the shame of a cancelled wedding.
Khvay Atitya
Cambodia
mailto:rendezvous@bigpond.com.kh
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