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16 January 2020

HIV prevention: Employed or Unemployed – who is more likely to be HIV-positive?

Daily Maverick

You’re far more likely to be offered an HIV test at a government health facility than at your GP or workplace clinic.

Bhekisisa Centre for Health JournalismIn many areas in South Africa, HIV is spreading faster among those with jobs than people without employment. Yet employers refuse to implement HIV programmes — even when they’re offered for free.

Worsening matters is the fact that the private medical community isn’t responding to HIV in an effective way either.

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Daily Maverick