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21-12-2006
Botswana: sign language interpreters need to help control HIV
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 Gaberones, Botswana (Mmegi): The president of the Botswana Association of the Deaf, Maggie Mapharing and an intern at BONELA, Shirley Keoagile, have cried foul at being left behind in the intervention strategies in the fight against HIV. "It is difficult for us to go for HIV tests due to lack of confidentiality. This is because we have to go with sign language interpreters, which compromises our right to confidentiality," Keoagile said.
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