Men still reluctant to take HIV/AIDS treatment?
Men complain of long queues and nurses loudly broadcasting their afflictions to everyone present
uThukela Health Promoter Sakhile Xaba is concerned by the recent poor statistics regarding men taking their HIV/AIDS medication.
Xaba says they have conducted research at different clinics around the district and were shocked to see the rate at which men are failing to take their antiretroviral drugs.
In some cases, they found that men fetch the pills because the clinic does follow-ups, but then they just throw the medication away or just keep it at home and don’t take it.
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This has led to the Health Department tracing some of these men to get a better understanding of this concerning trend among HIV/AIDS sufferers.
Some of the issues raised by men include long queues at the clinics and no ‘secrecy’ from the medical staff, to name just a couple.
Xaba adds that the Department of Health has since launched different programmes such as the ‘MINA Campaign’ and ‘Coach Impilo’ in an attempt to address the problem.
A men-only clinic (Philandoda) has been launched in Murchison Street (opposite the Royal Hotel) to encourage the male population to go and obtain their medication.
For more information on these programmes, visit a clinic near you.
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