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Brunei provides free HIV screening until year end

Bruneians and permanent residents aged 16 and above will receive free HIV testing from December 3-31.
Brunei provides free HIV screening until year end ảnh 1Bruneians and permanent residents aged 16 and above will receive free HIV testing from December 3-31. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Bruneians and permanent residents aged 16 and above willreceive free HIV testing from December 3-31.

Minister of Health Dato Seri SetiaDr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar said person undergoing testing will obtainthe results in just 15 to 20 minutes.
“If the test results arepositive, the person will be referred to the Disease Control Division, Ministryof Health for further confirmation and treatment”, he said.

Statistics showed that Brunei had 289 people testedpositive with HIV during 1987-2019. Last year, the health authority announcedthe country had the highest HIV cases with 42 people, 98 percent of whom weremen aged 20-34.

According to latest report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS,the AIDS pandemic has affected 78 million people and killed 35 million othersworldwide since the first case was detected 35 years ago. Some 38 millionpeople are living with HIV, and around 5,500 women become infected with HIVevery week./.
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