HIV services meaningless if nation cannot access them – DPM
Reading Time: 5 minutesDeputy Prime Minister Thuli Dladla has challenged stakeholders in the country’s HIV response to look beyond the availability of health facilities and free treatment, questioning whether every citizen who needs HIV services can actually access them. She said the country could not claim to be winning the fight against HIV and AIDS while some people continued to face transport costs, long distances, stigma, discrimination and fear of having their HIV status disclosed when seeking healthcare. “The availability of services does not necessarily mean that people have access to them,” she said. Dladla was represented by Principal Secretary in the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office Siboniso Nkambule during the Hhohho Regional World AIDS Day build-up commemoration held at Mpofu u…
