Times Live reports that nasty nurses are largely responsible for people refusing to go to clinics to get tested and treated for HIV.  That's according to research from the Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) undertaken in 2016.  

It showed that in SA‚ 49% of people visited clinics to get an HIV test‚ while only 5% went for HIV treatment.  The survey was conducted nationally among 650 young women between the ages of 16 and 24.  The research that‚ among other objectives‚ aimed to evaluate methods for increasing the use of clinics to access HIV treatment reported that “the number of mentions of rude‚ untrustworthy and unsupportive care from nurses is notable and very worrying”.  As one of the research respondents said when asked why she hadn’t been to a clinic to have her status checked‚ “because I'm scared to be insulted by the nurses if ever I'm positive”.

• Read this report in full at Sunday Times
• Read too, A sex worker’s view on South Africa’s latest plans to beat HIV, at TimesLive

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