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HEALTH

HIV AND HEPATITIS B AND C

CIRCB ends free screening of HIV and Hepatitis B  and C today

Series of activities have been organized this month, November, 2018 at the Chantal Biya International Reference Centre for control and management of HIV/AAIDS with French acronym, CIRCB. This is in a bit to meet up with 3rd Cameroonian month against and the 31st world AIDS Day.
The event this year is commemorated under the theme, “KNOW YOUR HIV STATUS” and when this is done, the young girl is protected.  Activities included some strategy sessions that held last Wednesday through Thursday aimed at tackling cases where the pandemic is resistant to the antiretroviral drug, sensitization campaigns in some schools, educational talks, voluntary, anonymous and free HIV, Hepatitis B and C screening from 28th to 30th November 2018, 7:30 am to 3:30 pm at CIRCB
Note should be taken HIV and Hepatitis have almost same mode of transmissions which is through contact with contaminated blood of an already infected person. The Centre now does free screening these days instead of the normal cost of 500F and 7000F cost for HIV and hepatitis respectively during normal voluntary screenings
Dr. Aubin Nanfack is head of Immunology and Microbiology Laboratory at CIRCB now puts the event in context

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Unknown said…
Thanks a lot for this information
29 November 2018 at 23:09
Awoh Caleb said…
You are welcome, sir
1 December 2018 at 06:56
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